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:
>
> /etc/sysctl.conf - since it is read only value, it has been said
> by the time it gets here it is too late. I have
> verified that this has no effect.
>
> /boot/loader.conf - didn't try, but upgrading OS might overwrite file
this is the place because it overrides /boot/defaults/loader.conf
>
> /boot/loader.conf.local - effective, but am unsure if this file is
> unaffected by upgrading.
I'm not sure this is "supported"
>
> It seems /boot/loader.conf.local is the place, but I would like to know
> for sure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug Egan
>
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