From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 24 21:30:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA23698 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lists.dcro.dla.mil ([33.19.104.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA23693 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:30:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PraiseGod.ix.netcom.com (col-oh2-12.ix.netcom.com [199.183.200.76]) by lists.dcro.dla.mil (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA20445; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:10:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709250410.AAA20445@lists.dcro.dla.mil> From: "DCMC Customer Liaison" To: "Greg Lehey" Cc: Subject: Re: Kernel: Lost Configuration Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:29:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 To: DCMC Customer Liaison Cc: 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 >