Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 00:29:48 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>, "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: I killed my network Message-ID: <20020421042949.5A7D6BB29@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <000701c1e8e5$fce78270$6901a8c0@laptop> References: <001c01c1e7e5$636931d0$6901a8c0@laptop> <20020419201450.L23267@rain.macguire.net> <000701c1e8e5$fce78270$6901a8c0@laptop>
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mount -u / and then edit the file. On Saturday 20 April 2002 11:38 pm, Jeff Jeter wrote: | I tried to edit /etc/rc.conf and now the machine won't boot. It gives me a | syntax error in the file and brings me to a shell selection in the middle | of the boot process before logon. From this shell (doesn't matter which) i | can do some things, but i can't edit (w/ ee or vi) rc.conf nor delete it. | What can i do? I do have a cd. | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net> | To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net> | Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> | Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM | Subject: Re: I killed my network | | > * Jeff Jeter (gsfgf@softhome.net) [020419 20:04]: | > > My com restarted and i had an IP address conflict. I didn't want to | > > restart, so i tried to see if i could restart the network. I went to | > > /stand/sysinstall and reconfigured the network interface (i thought) i | | was | | > > using, faith0. boom, no networking (except samba). I tried doing | > > sysinstall and reconfigureing each of the other interfaces to see if i | | was | | > > using the worng one, but no go. What do i do to reconfig networking. | > > | > > Thanks | > > Jeff Jeter | > | > Typically, after your initial install, you don't want to play with | | sysinstall | | > again. sysinstall really is overdue for some time out to pasture. =) You | | want | | > to configure your interfaces in /etc/rc.conf. More information about | | rc.conf | | > and other related configuration files in /etc can be found at: | | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm |l | | > You can also read about more advanced networking topics such as gateways | | and | | > routing at: | | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm |l | | > -- | > Benjamin Krueger | > | > "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." | > - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) | > ---------------------------------------------------------------- | > Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) | > Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to do; Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a vote. -- DEVO -- Here To Go To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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