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To: ROBIN@ptnsct.nis.za (Robin Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Vanishing /etc directory 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 95 09:39:51 +0200."
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 19:14:02 -0700
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>I am running FreeBSD 2.0.5 RELEASE on a conner 540 MB drive with a
>486DX-33 and 8 MB RAM.
>
>>From time to time, for no apparent reason, the /etc directory "dissapears".
>
>If one does an "ll" it appears, but if you try to cd /etc, it says
>no such file or directory.
>
>This problem has occured on previous releases of the Operating System too.
>
>Do you have any suggestions?

   Are you using msdosfs?

-DG