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Date:      Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:48:20 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "William Woods" <wwoods@cybcon.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Alpha" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problems on a new install of Alpha FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <199904262248.PAA01428@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:40:20 PDT." <000001be9035$c4124270$0c4c93cd@william> 

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> OK, I just finished installing FreeBSD Alpha, I go to boot useing "boot -fl
> a dka0" to boot off my scsi drive, all goes well till I get this....
> 
> .: out of file descriptors
> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> 
> What is up with this, I though the command "boot -fl a dka0" would boot me
> into multi-user mode and whats with the "out of file descriptors" message?

This subtle error message exists so that we can laugh at you for making 
a very stupid mistake.

You copied /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf

DO NOT DO THIS!

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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