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Date:      07 Jan 98 13:22:30 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Big Problem with rc.conf
Message-ID:  <ab9_9801071546@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
References:   <199801060630.WAA03038@fraser.sfu.ca>

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At 06 Jan 98 07:30:33 Kevin McQuiggin wrote regarding Big Problem with rc.conf

 KM> Why does my /etc/rc.conf file look like this? It seems to grow
 KM> with each boot. This is a subset, the current file is ~300K and
 KM> has hundreds of repetitions of the comment following each option.
 KM>
 KM> THIS IS NOT AN UPLOAD ERROR, THE FILE LOOKS LIKE THIS!
 KM>
 KM>
 KM> ##############################################################
 KM> ### Important initial Boot-time options  #####################
 KM> ##############################################################
 KM>
 KM> swapfile="NO"           # Set to name of swapfile if aux
 KM> swapfile desired."         # Set to name of swapfile if aux
 KM> swapfile desired."             # Set to name of swapfile if aux
 KM> swapfile desired."             # Set to name of swapfile if aux

This is caused by a well-known bug in /stand/sysinstall in release 2.2.2.

Get a new one from 2.2.5, or better still, upgrade your entire system to 2.2.5.


Leif Neland
leifn@image.dk

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