On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 07:29:55PM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 12:42:06AM +0100, Tomas Svensson wrote:
> 
> > It actually is a sysctl...
> > 
> > # sysctl kern.mbuf.nmbclusters
> > kern.mbuf.nmbclusters = 2048
> 
> True, but you cannot set it with sysctl.

On some, like Alpha, you can. On others, like i386, you cannot.

Search the archives for more details if you want them, this has been
rehashed many times before.


> > or you can patch your kernel without recompiling (only needs rebooting):
> > 
> > # gdb --write /netbsd
> > (gdb) set nmbclusters=2048
> > (gdb) quit

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