From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 3 16:38:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hawaii.conterra.com (hawaii.conterra.com [209.12.164.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEDA14FC2 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:38:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myself@conterra.com) Received: from dmaddox.conterra.com (myself@dmaddox.conterra.com [209.12.169.48]) by hawaii.conterra.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA16203; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:37:49 -0500 (EST) Received: (from myself@localhost) by dmaddox.conterra.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id TAA01899; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:37:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from myself) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:37:50 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: Hamish Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network card settings defaulting each boot Message-ID: <19990303193750.F1295@dmaddox.conterra.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@conterra.com References: <19990303143151.D6D1B15518@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i 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 You don't bother to mention which version of FBSD you're using, but from the context, I'll assume it's 3.1+... Create a /boot/loader.rc file (if you don't already have one) that contains at least the lines: load kernel load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf Then, creat a /boot/kernel.conf file that contains the lines you would normally type by hand in the configuration editor. On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 12:52:45AM +1000, 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? > > Thanks, > Hamish > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message