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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:39:13 -0500
From:      "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@conterra.com>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
Cc:        dmaddox@conterra.com, Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot -c not saving changes
Message-ID:  <19990315173913.B971@dmaddox.conterra.com>
In-Reply-To: <36ECDDF8.1CCF419@newsguy.com>; from Daniel C. Sobral on Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 07:16:24PM %2B0900
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903141547250.209-100000@localhost> <19990314160034.A5912@dmaddox.conterra.com> <36ECDDF8.1CCF419@newsguy.com>

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On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 07:16:24PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> "Donald J . Maddox" wrote:
> > 
> > If you are *really* -current, /boot/loader.rc should probably
> > just contain something like:
> > 
> > include /boot/loader.4th
> > start
> > 
> > Then, you should copy /boot/defaults/loader.conf to /boot/loader.conf
> > and edit it to match what you want to happen at boot.
> 
> Copying is dangerous. If you do not remove the loader_conf_files
> line, it will enter an infinite recursion.

Interestingly enough, I copied /boot/defaults/loader.conf to /boot/loader.conf,
edited it, and rebooted (not removing the loader_conf_files line) and it boots
just fine, with no recursion.


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