From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jun 1 7:21: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E453B14EB7 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 07:20:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/UCB) id RAA41193; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:18:29 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:18:29 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Dennis Ostrovsky Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minor 3.1-S --> 3.2-S problem Message-ID: <19990601171829.A33926@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Dennis Ostrovsky , stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Dennis Ostrovsky on Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 09:56:01AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Redirected to -stable] 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. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message