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From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: rc.conf getting trashed
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Several times after crashes, I've had the machine reboot & complain about
syntax errors in rc.conf. Upon further examination, rc.conf is completely 
garbled. It's easy enough to load the cdrom & grab a copy. I'm curious 
why only rc.conf gets scrambled. Does it go through sed or something during 
the boot sequence?