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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: rc.conf getting trashed
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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.

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