From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 2 05:13:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA00546 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 05:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA00538 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 05:13:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id HAA16905; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:13:15 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199707021213.HAA16905@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: 2.2.2/sysinstall bug? To: sdk@exchangedata.com (Steve Krans - EDI) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:13:15 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199707012053.PAA22046@ediinffs01.exchangedata.com> from Steve Krans - EDI at "Jul 1, 97 03:53:07 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Steve Krans - EDI said: > Hello -- > > I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on an Intel 486DX2. When I run sysinstall, > exit out, then vi /etc/rc.conf I get lines like: > > swapfile="NO" # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired." # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired." > > ie, the comment is duplicated each time I run sysinstall. I now have 8 > of these comments on one long swapfile=... line. This is happening for > each line in the file. > > Has anyone else encountered this problem? Yeah, that happened to me once, with sysconfig. I seem to remember that I had botched the upgrade, or something. Paul. -- "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957