Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:19:33 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Benjamin Gavin" <gavinb@supranet.net> Subject: Re: Problems with Sysinstall Message-ID: <02cc01be5471$e3f71110$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>
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I always delete /etc/rc.conf.site.* before I do anything. That has stuck me more than once. Tom Veldhouse veldy@visi.com -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Gavin <gavinb@supranet.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:15 PM Subject: Problems with Sysinstall >Hi all, > Here's another oddity. I am running the machine fine, I run setup, >install, add packages and recompile the kernel. Upon reboot, any changes >that I made to ethernet cards remain so all is fine. However, I then go >into rc.conf.site (where did this come from anyway? Why can't we just edit >rc.conf like usual??) change a few values, and reboot. Upon reboot all the >stuff is reset to defaults and I have lost my initial configuration. It is >almost like the thing is reading it's defaults from /etc/rc.conf, and >writing its results to rc.conf.site? Anyone else see this happening? > >I am running 3.0-STABLE (CVS update on kernel, 2/6/1999). I have also seen >this happen on another 3.0-STABLE box (full CVS update, 2/8/1999). > >Ben Gavin > >/-------------------------------------------------------------------------- / > Benjamin Gavin - Senior Consultant > > *********** NO SPAM!! ************ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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