Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:30:38 +0000 (GMT) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> To: Chen Xu <xuc@mcbi-34.med.nyu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ???the existence of /etc/rc.conf causes problematic init Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003201829470.18748-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000320130842.A22740@saturn.med.nyu.edu>
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> ".: out of file descripter" > > then dropped me into single user mode. I played around with setting and > reinstalling (bad sector scan etc.. ), found exactly the same situation. > So I removed /etc/rc.conf (the only thing new after first reboot), then > finally the system works fine!! > > Now I can use the system by setting /etc/defaults/rc.conf > instead of /etc/rc.conf, but I don't understand why the existence of > /etc/rc.conf causes the init going wrong? > > ANy idea? Yes, see the rc.conf you just copied. You shouldn't have. /etc/rc.conf is only for local modifications. man rc.conf is your friend. Nick > > -- > Chen Xu xuc@saturn.med.nyu.edu xuchen66@yahoo.com > Structural Biology Program Tel: (212)263-1596 > Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine Fax: (212)263-8951 > New York Uni Medical Center -- 540 First Ave -- New York, NY 10016 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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