atacontrol(8)

[Julien Gabel]

>> Add the following to /boot/loader.conf:
>> hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"

> Why to this file and not to /etc/sysctl.conf? I have no monitor on that
> box, so I want to make sure it is more likely to work after the reboot.

loader.conf(5) is the system bootstrap configuration file (third step)
and is read before all the system is start and even before the kernel
is loaded.

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-jg.