From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 3 6:49:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icicle.winternet.com (icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7129514D33 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 06:49:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com) Received: (from adm@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA15346; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:49:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from tundra.winternet.com(198.174.169.11) by icicle.winternet.com via smap (V2.0) id xma015333; Wed, 3 Mar 99 08:49:02 -0600 Received: (from nrahlstr@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) id IAA02584; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:49:11 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19990303084910.C1773@winternet.com> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:49:10 -0600 From: Nathan Ahlstrom To: Hamish , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network card settings defaulting each boot References: <19990303143151.D6D1B15518@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990303143151.D6D1B15518@hub.freebsd.org>; from Hamish on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 12:52:45AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hamish wrote: > Hi all, thanks for all your help in the last few days. > > My problem now is that every time I reboot my BSD box, the settings for my > network card revert back to the defaults (which are wrong for the card). I am > hitting spacebar, typing "set boot_userconfig" and then "boot". I then use the > visual setup to change the settings. I make sure I hit Yes to save, and quit > out. Machine boots up fine, with the card working and everything happy. Then > when I reboot, the settings go back to the old ones. Am I missing a step? > > Should I use the non-visual setup like a real man? You could build a new kernel. -- Nathan Ahlstrom nrahlstr@winternet.com http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message