From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 20:15:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 928DC1065676 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdq@peterk.org) Received: from poshta.pknet.net (poshta.pknet.net [216.241.167.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C23F8FC08 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 64347 invoked by uid 89); 21 Nov 2011 20:15:30 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO pop.pknet.net) (127.0.0.1) by poshta.pknet.net with ESMTP; 21 Nov 2011 20:15:30 -0000 Received: from 74.63.162.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fbsdq@peterk.org) by pop.pknet.net with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:15:30 -0700 Message-ID: <9498a5e91e270bcedc6a2526e55f9217.squirrel@pop.pknet.net> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:15:30 -0700 From: "Peter" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: 9.0-RC2 - bsdinstall overwrites /etc/fstab and spams /etc/rc.conf after edits in shell X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:15:31 -0000 Fresh install of 9.0RC2. Which comes first the, installer writing config files, or user using live shell to write custom config files? On the "Final Configuration' screen I have the option to change several options like hostname/root password/network/etc.etc and final option is: "Open a shell in the new system" I used that option to create /etc/fstab with /dev/gpt/label for my partitions. After I reboot, my 'fstab' changes were overwritten with the installer /dev/ada0p# devices. Another file I tested is '/etc/rc.conf' - it just gets appended and the 'hostname=' entry is added on the very first line, so my entries stayed in the middle. I understand "Open a shell in the new system" is with the config files already written and are 'editable' but that is not the case. What else is touched in that final 'Exit' that will overwrite changes made in 'shell' ? How about adding that option into the last 'Complete' dialog where the configs are all written and are safe to edit and have three options: ? ]Peter[ Just a complain...errr...tester.