Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-24 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
Peter Wullinger wrote: > > While at the topic: > > Anybody yet thought about a mountable filesystem for sysctl() values? > > Would be like Linux-procfs, but a lot cleaner (wth has pci/ to do with /proc?) You are late... :-) Please see the archives of freebsd-arch (some 3-4 months ago). The co

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread Peter Wullinger
While at the topic: Anybody yet thought about a mountable filesystem for sysctl() values? Would be like Linux-procfs, but a lot cleaner (wth has pci/ to do with /proc?) Peter --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread David Taylor
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: > John Merryweather Cooper([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.09.18 09:43:27 +: > > An OS upgrade SHOULD only touch /boot/defaults/loader.conf. > > why is there /boot/loader.conf.local, then? > boot.loader(5): /boot/loader.conf user defin

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread Julian Elischer
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Douglas Egan wrote: > I want to run with 'soft updates' on ATA-100 Western Digital drives, so > I want to make sure that hw.ata.wc="0" > > I am looking for the definitive solution for modifying this sysctl > value. > > Previous threads talked about a couple of places: >

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread Karsten W. Rohrbach
John Merryweather Cooper([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.09.18 09:43:27 +: > /boot/loader.conf > > An OS upgrade SHOULD only touch /boot/defaults/loader.conf. why is there /boot/loader.conf.local, then? /k -- > Anxiety, n.: The first time you can't do it a second time. > Panic, n.: The second tim

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread John Merryweather Cooper
On 2001.09.18 09:38 Douglas Egan wrote: > I want to run with 'soft updates' on ATA-100 Western Digital drives, > so > I want to make sure that hw.ata.wc="0" > > I am looking for the definitive solution for modifying this sysctl > value. > > Previous threads talked about a couple of places: > >

Re: where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread Matthew Jacob
/boot/loader.conf On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Douglas Egan wrote: > I want to run with 'soft updates' on ATA-100 Western Digital drives, so > I want to make sure that hw.ata.wc="0" > > I am looking for the definitive solution for modifying this sysctl > value. > > Previous threads talked about a cou

where to set hw.ata.wc

2001-09-18 Thread Douglas Egan
I want to run with 'soft updates' on ATA-100 Western Digital drives, so I want to make sure that hw.ata.wc="0" I am looking for the definitive solution for modifying this sysctl value. Previous threads talked about a couple of places: /etc/sysctl.conf - since it is read only value, it has been