From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 3 23:18: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605FA1509E for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:18:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14664; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:17:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:17:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Dennis Ostrovsky Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minor 3.1-S --> 3.2-S problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Dennis Ostrovsky wrote: > I upgraded to 3.2-STABLE without any problems. I then decided that I would > keep the default rc.conf file in /etc/defaults as is, and use a customized > file (with all of the real info) in /etc/rc.conf. Well when I did this, I > basically could not start the system. After booting, it would hang for a > while, then say Out of file descriptors and drop me into the root shell > prompt, with nothing mounted except the root fs. You did cp /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf Then edited /etc/rc.conf, didn't you? You created an infinite loop. Chop the inclusion logic off the bottom of /etc/rc.conf and you'll work again. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message