From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 18 23:11:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E941B37BC1B for ; Thu, 18 May 2000 23:11:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Kaluza-k@swbell.net) Received: from Kaluzak ([208.190.209.178]) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with SMTP id <0FUS00J9NMHXBD@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 May 2000 01:10:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 01:00:03 -0500 From: Kaluza-k Subject: Dear God, what have I done..... To: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <000801bfc157$79c2fa80$b2d1bed0@swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFC12D.907F1580" X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Priority: 3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFC12D.907F1580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFC12D.907F1580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi,

I am in dire need of = some=20 assistance; keep in mind im a recent newcomer to the wild and wacky = world of=20 UNIX. In fact, i bought "the complete Free BSD" book about 2 weeks ago. = It was=20 version 3.2. I read most of the book and then installed. Worked my way = through=20 installation, mounting and adding users for my home network. Then, = tonight, i=20 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=20 a dummy, i use his default gateway and subnet mask( did not know i did = this=20 until after saving and rebooting". then i reboot. takes forever while it = scans=20 for every little device in the world, then starts spitting = out:

if 237.108.34.5 not found subnet = 255.255.255.0=20 not found,

at this point i realize ive screwed up. = so i start=20 reading. Well after about 3 min, i realize that its booting my into a = single=20 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=20 still do not not what to do if my ip address is dynamic. i dont know = what to put=20 in that string.) Anyways, i reboot. Same problem, different error. this = time is=20 doesnt find those ones. NOTE: i put nothing in the if string, since i = thought=20 nothing would mean search automatically. Finally, in alast ditch effort, = i=20 opened my default/rc.conf. and saved it as my etc/rc.conf., overwriting = what i=20 thought to be bad data. WOW O WOW. was that a bad move. now it no longer = has=20 those errore but spits out "Out of fie descriptors" and prompts my for a = direct=20 path of enter for single user mode shell. PLEASE O PLEASE.... help me if = you=20 can.

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