Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:15:10 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>, Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Subject: Re: Perils of login.conf (Was: fsck (2.2.5-RELEASE) large filesy Message-ID: <XFMail.971028211510.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <19971028160109.44474@num1sun.intercore.com>
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Hi Robin Cutshaw; On 28-Oct-97 you wrote: ... > > >Yes, that was it. I'd like to take an assault rifle to the fellow A bit extreame :-) Although the reward belongs to fdisk default behavior when you specify an invalid drive in the -i argument (it re-arranges your boot drive!), Oh, you are being told thatthat is what happenED, but then it is too late... > After installing 2.2.5, I patched in the DPT driver so that the 9 GB > scsi drives could be accessed. I found that the "daemon" section in > login.conf does nothing during /etc/rc. I placed a ulimit -a just > before the fsck there and found that the "default" section was being I alerted this list to this problem several times. It probably should be a sysinstall parameter. I NEVER could boot without changing /etc/rc without this fix. Actually, I set it to unlimited; It is sensitive to the number of filesystems checked too. --- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313
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