From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Feb 9 13:20:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA09189 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:20:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mortar.carlson.com (mortar.carlson.com [208.240.12.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA09136 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:20:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from veldy@visi.com) Received: from mortar.carlson.com (root@localhost) by mortar.carlson.com with ESMTP id PAA29619; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:19:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from w142844 ([172.25.99.35]) by mortar.carlson.com with SMTP id PAA29615; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:19:08 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <02cc01be5471$e3f71110$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" To: , "Benjamin Gavin" Subject: Re: Problems with Sysinstall Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:19:33 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To: 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