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Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf question
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On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 10:44, Greg Lane wrote:


> 
> You will need to remount your root filesystem rw:
> 
> mount -o rw /

This is the bit I left out - I think last time I had to instruct someone
how to do this over a phone, it wasn't necessary. Everything just
worked. Maybe the system had already remounted R/W by this stage.

> 
> Then you will need to either edit your rc.conf to (presumably) 
> fix the quotation mark, or else (as you tried):
> 
> cp /etc/rc.conf_backup /etc/rc.conf
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Greg
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