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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2001-11-27 21:35:47 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2001-11-27 21:35:47 +0000
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Mention entropy_dir="NO" in diskless.8, since /var is an md-backed
file system and as such will not preserve its contents across boot.
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@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ You will also probably need to set
.Va local_startup Ns = Ns Qq
so that the server's
local startup files will not be used.
+.Pp
+While an md-backed file system is mounted on /var by the startup scripts,
+some sites may want to disable the saving of entropy by setting
+.Va entropy_dir Ns = Ns Qq NO
+in
+.Pa /etc/defaults/rc.conf .
+.Pp
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