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Date:      Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:09:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rc.conf getting trashed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915230903.3290J-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199709150329.UAA14007@monk.via.net>

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On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Joe McGuckin wrote:

> 
> Several times after crashes, I've had the machine reboot & complain about
> syntax errors in rc.conf. Upon further examination, rc.conf is completely 
> garbled. It's easy enough to load the cdrom & grab a copy. I'm curious 
> why only rc.conf gets scrambled. Does it go through sed or something during 
> the boot sequence?

We've been having trouble with sysinstall munging rc.conf.  If you've
been using it, you might consider just editing it manually.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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