Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:19:43 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, gavinb@supranet.net Subject: Re: Problems with Sysinstall Message-ID: <199902092119.NAA25804@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990209151335.00cf5170@mail.supranet.net>
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>Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:17:39 -0600 >From: Benjamin Gavin <gavinb@supranet.net> > 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? Yup; that's pretty much what is happening. Please see the archives from the recent weekend (onward); that's been a topic of much discussion of late. There's also an /etc/rc.conf.local that will be sourced, as well (if it exists) by default. Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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