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From: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:41:16PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> 
> bash-2.05b# uname -v
> FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr  3 10:53:38 GMT 2003 
> root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC

FreeBSD 4.x does not use the rc.d mechanism during boot. It has
a static rc(8). You should call the script from /etc/rc.local.

Cheers.
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