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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:52:33 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Rich Wilson <wk633@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Out of file descriptors at boot
Message-ID:  <19991222195233.E322@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <19991222194142.8666.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <19991222194142.8666.qmail@web1905.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 11:41:42AM -0800, Rich Wilson wrote:
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE on a laptop.
>  It already has W95 on one partition, and I have it
> dual booting.  I put a bare bones /bin install set on
> the DOS partition, and installed from that (I can only
> use floppy or CD, not both at once).  I then installed
> the CD-Rom, and was able to install /src/sys  I wanted
> to rebuild the kernel with a copy of the PCCARD
> config.
> 
> When I boot now, I get
> 
> changing root device to wd0s2a
> .: Out of file descriptors
> 

Did you copy /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf? If so, look at the
end of (both) files. It gets into a loop until it uses up all the file
descriptors.


> I can still mount file systems manually, and make a
> kernel, but before it finishes, it runs out of swap space.
> 
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