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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:18:29 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Dennis Ostrovsky <denis.ostrovsky@yale.edu>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: minor 3.1-S --> 3.2-S problem
Message-ID:  <19990601171829.A33926@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9906010951320.10564-100000@mercury.cis.yale.edu>; from Dennis Ostrovsky on Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 09:56:01AM -0400
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9906010951320.10564-100000@mercury.cis.yale.edu>

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On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 09:56:01AM -0400, Dennis Ostrovsky wrote:
> I upgraded to 3.2-STABLE without any problems. I then decided that I would
> keep the default rc.conf file in /etc/defaults as is, and use a customized
> file (with all of the real info) in /etc/rc.conf. Well when I did this, I
> basically could not start the system. After booting, it would hang for a
> while, then say Out of file descriptors and drop me into the root shell
> prompt, with nothing mounted except the root fs.
> 
> It ocurred to me this morning to swap the rc.conf files, and presto,
> everything worked like a dream. Is this normal behaviour?
> 
Show me your problematic /etc/rc.conf (in private).

> I thought the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file was supposed to be untouched.
> 
Yes.

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