From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 14:22: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C48C37B400 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:22:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 8240 invoked by uid 0); 8 Apr 2002 21:21:55 -0000 Received: from tk212017108240.univie.teleweb.at (HELO Deadcell.ant) (212.17.108.240) by mail.gmx.net (mp001-rz3) with SMTP; 8 Apr 2002 21:21:55 -0000 Received: (from ant@localhost) by Deadcell.ant (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g38LLhQ13591; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:21:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ant) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:21:43 +0200 From: Andreas Ntaflos To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why does dmesg.boot get overwritten? Message-ID: <20020408232143.C294@Deadcell.ant> Mail-Followup-To: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020408195633.A294@Deadcell.ant> <20020408201002.GB24440@hades.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020408201002.GB24440@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:10:02PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:10:02PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > You didn't by any chance use `init 1' to break down to single user and > `exit' to return to multiuser, right? > > /me tongue in cheek :) > Well, now I feel stupid :) I forgot that once and a while, there is the need to go single-user. Neither did I realize that this overwrites dmesg.boot. But having the box up for 5 days now and dmesg.boot still being there makes me feel really dumb :) Thanks for pointing it out, I'd never have thought of that. regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message