Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 17:31:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Devin Butterfield <dbutter@wireless.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to update flash disk with PicoBSD?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005171730510.57242-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <39213A9A.EEACD315@wireless.net>
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On Tue, 16 May 2000, Devin Butterfield wrote: > Hi all, > > I just started playing with PicoBSD on a Netpliance i-Opener (on the > sandisk), and I was able to get an image of the net version of PicoBSD > (.445) copied onto the sandisk and running well (very cool!)...except > that I can't seem to "update" ANYTHING on the system. Any changes I make > to scripts, changes to root's password, etc., are not actually saved to > disk and upon reboot root's passwd is still "setup" and none of my other > changes are saved. PicoBSD copies up the /etc directory from the boot media (in this case the SANdisk) for it's MFS root. You'll have to remount the SANdisk volume and modify the /etc files on there if you want to make permanent changes. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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