Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 01:00:03 -0500 From: Kaluza-k <Kaluza-k@swbell.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Dear God, what have I done..... Message-ID: <000801bfc157$79c2fa80$b2d1bed0@swbell.net>
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Hi,
I am in dire need of some assistance; keep in mind im a recent newcomer to the wild and wacky world of UNIX. In fact, i bought "the complete Free BSD" book about 2 weeks ago. It was version 3.2. I read most of the book and then installed. Worked my way through installation, mounting and adding users for my home network. Then, tonight, i got to the part about creating and editing my /etc/rc.conf. file. So, im following the book to a "T". Making every little change that he does. Then, like a dummy, i use his default gateway and subnet mask( did not know i did this until after saving and rebooting". then i reboot. takes forever while it scans for every little device in the world, then starts spitting out:
if 237.108.34.5 not found subnet 255.255.255.0 not found,
at this point i realize ive screwed up. so i start reading. Well after about 3 min, i realize that its booting my into a single user mode. so, then i remount pico and certain file systems. re-edit the rc.conf. file to reflect my real subnet and my real default gateway( however, i still do not not what to do if my ip address is dynamic. i dont know what to put in that string.) Anyways, i reboot. Same problem, different error. this time is doesnt find those ones. NOTE: i put nothing in the if string, since i thought nothing would mean search automatically. Finally, in alast ditch effort, i opened my default/rc.conf. and saved it as my etc/rc.conf., overwriting what i thought to be bad data. WOW O WOW. was that a bad move. now it no longer has those errore but spits out "Out of fie descriptors" and prompts my for a direct path of enter for single user mode shell. PLEASE O PLEASE.... help me if you can.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am in dire need of some
assistance; keep in mind im a recent newcomer to the wild and wacky world of
UNIX. In fact, i bought "the complete Free BSD" book about 2 weeks ago. It was
version 3.2. I read most of the book and then installed. Worked my way through
installation, mounting and adding users for my home network. Then, tonight, i
got to the part about creating and editing my /etc/rc.conf. file. So, im
following the book to a "T". Making every little change that he does. Then, like
a dummy, i use his default gateway and subnet mask( did not know i did this
until after saving and rebooting". then i reboot. takes forever while it scans
for every little device in the world, then starts spitting out:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if 237.108.34.5 not found subnet 255.255.255.0
not found,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at this point i realize ive screwed up. so i start
reading. Well after about 3 min, i realize that its booting my into a single
user mode. so, then i remount pico and certain file systems. re-edit the
rc.conf. file to reflect my real subnet and my real default gateway( however, i
still do not not what to do if my ip address is dynamic. i dont know what to put
in that string.) Anyways, i reboot. Same problem, different error. this time is
doesnt find those ones. NOTE: i put nothing in the if string, since i thought
nothing would mean search automatically. Finally, in alast ditch effort, i
opened my default/rc.conf. and saved it as my etc/rc.conf., overwriting what i
thought to be bad data. WOW O WOW. was that a bad move. now it no longer has
those errore but spits out "Out of fie descriptors" and prompts my for a direct
path of enter for single user mode shell. PLEASE O PLEASE.... help me if you
can.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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