Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:40:08 -0400 From: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I killed my network Message-ID: <002701c1e97d$1c3195c0$6901a8c0@laptop> References: <001c01c1e7e5$636931d0$6901a8c0@laptop> <20020419201450.L23267@rain.macguire.net> <000701c1e8e5$fce78270$6901a8c0@laptop> <20020421042949.5A7D6BB29@i8k.babbleon.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net>; "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: Re: I killed my network > mount -u / > > and then edit the file. > > > On Saturday 20 April 2002 11:38 pm, Jeff Jeter wrote: > | I tried to edit /etc/rc.conf and now the machine won't boot. It gives me a > | syntax error in the file and brings me to a shell selection in the middle > | of the boot process before logon. From this shell (doesn't matter which) i > | can do some things, but i can't edit (w/ ee or vi) rc.conf nor delete it. > | What can i do? I do have a cd. > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Benjamin Krueger" <benjamin@macguire.net> > | To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf@softhome.net> > | Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > | Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:14 PM > | Subject: Re: I killed my network > | > | > * Jeff Jeter (gsfgf@softhome.net) [020419 20:04]: > | > > My com restarted and i had an IP address conflict. I didn't want to > | > > restart, so i tried to see if i could restart the network. I went to > | > > /stand/sysinstall and reconfigured the network interface (i thought) i > | > | was > | > | > > using, faith0. boom, no networking (except samba). I tried doing > | > > sysinstall and reconfigureing each of the other interfaces to see if i > | > | was > | > | > > using the worng one, but no go. What do i do to reconfig networking. > | > > > | > > Thanks > | > > Jeff Jeter > | > > | > Typically, after your initial install, you don't want to play with > | > | sysinstall > | > | > again. sysinstall really is overdue for some time out to pasture. =) You > | > | want > | > | > to configure your interfaces in /etc/rc.conf. More information about > | > | rc.conf > | > | > and other related configuration files in /etc can be found at: > | > | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm > |l > | > | > You can also read about more advanced networking topics such as gateways > | > | and > | > | > routing at: > | > | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-tuning.htm > |l > | > | > -- > | > Benjamin Krueger > | > > | > "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." > | > - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) > | > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > | > Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) > | > Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 > | > | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > > If you smell the smoke you don't need to be told what you've got to do; > Yet there's a certain breed, so very in-between, they'd rather take a > vote. -- DEVO -- Here To Go To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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