Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:29:27 -0400 From: "DCMC Customer Liaison" <bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel: Lost Configuration Message-ID: <199709250410.AAA20445@lists.dcro.dla.mil>
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Well, I don't know what else it could have been. I lost the list that tells what Shell scripts are installed. I lost the password file, including root - after it rebooted and none of the users worked, I tried root and it logged on without asking for a password. I also noticed the CD-ROM wouldn't load to reinstall the files. I did a mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/wcd0a /cdrom and it listed OK, then I went back, while it was still mounted, and I could once again load things from the CD-ROM. Now I added back in the Shells (which didn't leave, but weren't "valid" according to the tables). Now when I add users the shells are again valid. I also lost the PROFILE from the /ETC directory. p.s. One change just occurred to me. When I went to make the kernel, the source files weren't there. When I added them from the CD-ROM, it seemed to be a doing an INSTALL from scratch. Could it have overwritten everything then? I was under the impression I was just adding the source files? ---Mike -----Original Message----- From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: DCMC Customer Liaison <bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 11:10 PM Subject: Re: Kernel: Lost Configuration >On Wed, Sep 24, 1997 at 11:05:08PM -0400, DCMC Customer Liaison wrote: >> OK, I guess I still don't know what's going on. I had a working kernel >> with GENERIC. Having made up a new kernel, the only things added were a >> PS/2 mouse and a sound card. I made a new kernel without an error. >> However, when I finished with it, I had lost all my users and configuration >> files. What happened? > >Good question. I can't see that it has anything to do with the kernel >build. > >> I can't do a make world because I'm running a minimal configuration with a >> 326 Mb hard disk and there isn't room for all the sources. Why did this >> happen and what do I do to correct/prevent it? > >Again, I'm sure that it didn't happen because of the kernel build. If >you can show *exactly* what happened between the build and the >discovery that you had lost your config files (which ones, for >example), it would maybe help. But I'd suggest that you repeat it and >see if it happens again. > >Greg >
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