Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:37:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <spidey@libdns.qc.ca> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, Eric Griff <eric@netdesign1.com> Subject: Re: SOLVED. Re: ps problems (explained) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990411123429.3915A-100000@freed.libdns.qc.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904110927270.6899-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Tom wrote: > On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Spidey wrote: > > > Well, I think that it does. I think that it was the cause of my problems, > > until another theory seems more valuable. I see no other thing. > > > > And it does make a difference, technically, because some files are > > installed as they are used! So files like /var/run/utmp that are often > > written, if they are written as they are installed, kaput! > > > > Am I wrong? > > Yes you are. /var/run/utmp is a data file. It isn't even "installed" > during a installworld. It was probably damaged during a switch from 8 > character usernames to 16 character names. Just copy /dev/null over it, > and everything is fixed. It is strange that it happened only on april first, don't you think? I've following stable from 3.0 release... > Also, you stating that you started you system without a procfs, because > it had become "corrupted". That too is impossible, because procfs is > created during boot and resides completely in memory. Also, running > without procfs is really bad. Well then, sorry for the bad advices... :) I'm not really aware of what procfs is. What I know is that I booted without any /proc, and I'm still alive, I also think that it maybe because of this that I had ps back... Anyways... I'm just shooting theories around, as nobody else is trying. Your thoughts are worth mine! : Spidey Si l'image donne l'illusion de savoir C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire, L'important ne serait que de voir Lofofora To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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