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In article <1992Nov5.063618.11901@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org> jr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org writes:
>In article <22OCT199214011322@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov> silbar@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov  
>(Dick Silbar) writes:
>> This probably has been covered in the earlier thread on how to speed up
>> execution under 3.0 by booting (from the NeXT> prompt) with
>> 
>>    bsd sdmach nbuf=64
>> 
>> (instead of the default nbuf=16).  But how does one set the default?
>> I tried last night to set the configuration parameters (with NeXT>p)
>> I found nothing that referred to setting nbuf.  And, setting the boot
>> command to 'sd nbuf=64' (and variations) did nothing.  [It all had to be
>> set back to 'sd' to work again.]
>> 
>> Anybody know?
>> 
>>    Dick Silbar
>
>Set a hard link on sdmach, i.e. k (for kernel).
>Then type NeXT>p and set:
>
>sd k nb=999.
>Set any number up to 999. The problem is that there are only 11 (!) characters
>allowed as input for this command.

please don't do this.  Just type this:

sd- nbu=xxx

Do NOT put in a vaule greater than 255.  Values greater than 255 can
cause you system to panic!

You don't need to hardlink a new kernel...

andrew
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