Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:48:20 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "William Woods" <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Alpha" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems on a new install of Alpha FreeBSD Message-ID: <199904262248.PAA01428@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:40:20 PDT." <000001be9035$c4124270$0c4c93cd@william>
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> OK, I just finished installing FreeBSD Alpha, I go to boot useing "boot -fl > a dka0" to boot off my scsi drive, all goes well till I get this.... > > .: out of file descriptors > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > What is up with this, I though the command "boot -fl a dka0" would boot me > into multi-user mode and whats with the "out of file descriptors" message? This subtle error message exists so that we can laugh at you for making a very stupid mistake. You copied /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf DO NOT DO THIS! -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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