Boot device question

[Greg Larkin]

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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> 
> AFAIK, at/target/unit are hint commands only available to da(4),
> at least that's what I see from the source code.  I see no such
> support for ad(4), so I do not think this will work for him.
> 
> Also, I'll remind people once more: stop modifying device.hints!  The
> file can/will be overwritten in some cases, and you will lose your
> changes!  You're living dangerously.
> 
> Use loader.conf to do what you need; you can literally copy/paste
> those lines into loader.conf and achieve the same, without the risks.
> 

Hi Jeremy,

Excellent points all - thank you.  I will make the migration from
device.hints to loader.conf as you noted!

Regards,
Greg
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