On July 28, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> >It is possible that your rc.conf has the configured option set to NO.. I
> >have actually had that happen to me once although I think it was on a
> >sparc install..  Anyway, drop into your shell and do a
> >mount -a
> >which will mount all your drives/partitions as indicated in the
> >/etc/fstab..  Then you'll be able to use vi/emacs/whatever to edit the
> >rc.conf.
> 
> Alternatively, he can use /bin/ed to edit /etc/rc.conf.  ed is dead 
> simple and he'll
> have to learn it someday anyways.

  Some nights I awaken, horrified, in a cold sweat...in a nightmare, I
was using ed.

  Most nights it's actually Windows, but sometimes it's ed.

      -Dave

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