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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:50:51 -0400
From:      "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>
To:        "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I killed my network
Message-ID:  <000d01c1e9a8$846df220$6901a8c0@laptop>
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That worked. Thanks a lot.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: I killed my network


>
> Ok, then,
>
> /sbin/mount -u /
>
> It's so hard to remember the details of stuff like this for e-mail.  I
sort
> of feel my way around when it happens to me.
>
>
> On Sunday 21 April 2002 05:39 pm, you wrote:
> | i get this
> |
> | %mount -u /
> | mount: command not found
> | %
> |
> | when csh starts it says
> | sh: cannot open /etc/termcap
> | sh: unsing dumb terminal settings
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
> | To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>; "Benjamin Krueger"
> | <benjamin@macguire.net>
> | Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> | Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 12:29 AM
> | Subject: Re: I killed my network
> |
> | > mount -u /
> | >
> | > and then edit the file.
> | >
> | > On Saturday 20 April 2002 11:38 pm, Jeff Jeter wrote:
> | > | I tried to edit /etc/rc.conf and now the machine won't boot.  It
gives
> |
> | me a
> |
> | > | syntax error in the file and brings me to a shell selection in the
> |
> | middle
> |
> | > | of the boot process before logon.  From this shell (doesn't matter
> |
> | which) i
> |
> | > | can do some things, but i can't edit (w/ ee or vi) rc.conf nor
delete
> |
> | it.
> |
> | > | What can i do?  I do have a cd.
> | > | ----- Original Message -----
> | > | From: "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net>
> | > | To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>
> | > | Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> | > | Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM
> | > | Subject: Re: I killed my network
> | > |
> | > | > * Jeff Jeter (gsfgf@softhome.net) [020419 20:04]:
> | > | > > My com restarted and i had an IP address conflict.  I didn't
want
> | > | > > to restart, so i tried to see if i could restart the network.  I
> | > | > > went
> |
> | to
> |
> | > | > > /stand/sysinstall and reconfigured the network interface (i
> | > | > > thought)
> |
> | i
> |
> | > | was
> | > |
> | > | > > using, faith0.  boom, no networking (except samba).  I tried
doing
> | > | > > sysinstall and reconfigureing each of the other interfaces to
see
> | > | > > if
> |
> | i
> |
> | > | was
> | > |
> | > | > > using the worng one, but no go.  What do i do to reconfig
> |
> | networking.
> |
> | > | > > Thanks
> | > | > > Jeff Jeter
> | > | >
> | > | > Typically, after your initial install, you don't want to play with
> | > |
> | > | sysinstall
> | > |
> | > | > again. sysinstall really is overdue for some time out to pasture.
=)
> |
> | You
> |
> | > | want
> | > |
> | > | > to configure your interfaces in /etc/rc.conf. More information
about
> | > |
> | > | rc.conf
> | > |
> | > | > and other related configuration files in /etc can be found at:
> |
> |
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm
> |
> | > |l
> | > |
> | > | > You can also read about more advanced networking topics such as
> |
> | gateways
> |
> | > | and
> | > |
> | > | > routing at:
> |
> |
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm
> |
> | > |l
> | > |
> | > | > --
> | > | > Benjamin Krueger
> | > | >
> | > | > "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
> | > | > - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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> | > --
> | > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . .   bts@wnt.sas.com (work)
> | > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . .   bts@babbleon.org (personal)
> | >                                         http://www.babbleon.org
> | >
> | > http://www.eff.org
> | > http://www.programming-freedom.org
> | >
> | > If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to
do;
> | > Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a
> | > vote.   -- DEVO  --  Here To Go
>
> --
> Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . .   bts@wnt.sas.com (work)
> Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . .   bts@babbleon.org (personal)
>                                         http://www.babbleon.org
>
> http://www.eff.org                      http://www.programming-freedom.org
>
> If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to do;
> Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a
> vote.   -- DEVO  --  Here To Go


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