Re: System fully writable right after install

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 20 November 2014 13:42, Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, Justin Cormack wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ottavio Caruso
>> <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> just performed a fresh install of a Netbsd 6.1 patch (amd64) from the
>>> releng repos. The installl was very smooth (I had tried a Nebsd-7
>>> install but I encountered fatal errors).
>>>
>>> The last time I installed 6.1.2 I remember the system booting read
>>> only in single mode. I had to remount / rw and edit rc.conf and
>>> restart.
>>>
>>> To my surprise I didn't have to do anything, the system is already rw
>>> and I haven't even touched rc.conf.
>>>
>>> I am using wireless and didn't have to configure anything. During
>>> installation it detected wireless settings automatically and installed
>>> pkgsrc.
>>>
>>> As it is a fresh installation, has anything changed in the 6-1 installer?
>>
>>
>> Can you file an issue for the 7.0 errors, it should be stable now
>> without regressions.
>>
>> I don't remember 6.1 ever starting in single user mode - perhaps there
>> was an issue with something last time when you installed it which is
>> now fixed? The intention is that it should be ready to go...
>
>
> /etc/rc.conf in the etc.tgz set won't boot multi-user (rc_configured=NO),
> but sysinst edits this after extraction as part of the final stages of
> installation. It sounds like the install was aborted before the final stages
> had been run.

Thanks Stephen.

To be clear, when you say "install was aborted" are you referring to
my previous install or this last one? So, if I understand correctly,
sysinstall should change rc_configured=NO to rc_configured=YES by
default?