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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:19:33 -0600
From:      "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>
To:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Benjamin Gavin" <gavinb@supranet.net>
Subject:   Re: Problems with Sysinstall
Message-ID:  <02cc01be5471$e3f71110$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>

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I always delete /etc/rc.conf.site.* before I do anything.  That has stuck me
more than once.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@visi.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Gavin <gavinb@supranet.net>
To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:15 PM
Subject: Problems with Sysinstall


>Hi all,
>  Here's another oddity.  I am running the machine fine, I run setup,
>install, add packages and recompile the kernel.  Upon reboot, any changes
>that I made to ethernet cards remain so all is fine.  However, I then go
>into rc.conf.site (where did this come from anyway?  Why can't we just edit
>rc.conf like usual??) change a few values, and reboot.  Upon reboot all the
>stuff is reset to defaults and I have lost my initial configuration.  It is
>almost like the thing is reading it's defaults from /etc/rc.conf, and
>writing its results to rc.conf.site?  Anyone else see this happening?
>
>I am running 3.0-STABLE (CVS update on kernel, 2/6/1999).  I have also seen
>this happen on another 3.0-STABLE box (full CVS update, 2/8/1999).
>
>Ben Gavin
>
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