Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:20:20 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Do I need specialprogram to view/edit /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971106091756.678B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199711050858.DAA22012@federation.addy.com>
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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> The rc.conf that comes with 2.2.2 looks dissorganized when I do "less"
> or cat. I tried looking at the rc.conf on the "live" file system CD and
> it was the same. By dissorganized I mean that thee are more than one
> entry per line and it is hard to find or read anything.
>
> Were these files corrupted on 2.2.2?
This is due to a bug with 2.2.2's sysinstall program. You can manually
fix the file by vi'ing the file and deleting the 2nd set of comments.
You will need to fix the file after a while 'cos if the per line
length get too big, bad things happen.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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