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Subject: kernel config upon boot not retained after reboot
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>Number:         10564
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel config upon boot not retained after reboot
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 12 17:30:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sat Mar 13 02:22:23 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sat Mar 13 02:23:27 PST 1999
>Originator:     Brian Reichert
>Release:        3.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
Numachi
>Environment:
FreeBSD scratch.numachi.com 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 15 11:08:08 GMT 1999 jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
After install from the CD, efforts to configure the kernel upon do not seem to be saved.  Changes only remain in effect until the next reboot.  I've reied with both visual as well as CLI modes of configuration.
seem to be saved; they are only in effect for that boot.  Upon reboot,
all changes are lost.
>How-To-Repeat:
Reboot. :)
>Fix:
Rebuild a kernel for every change I want to make. :(

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To: reichert@numachi.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/10564: kernel config upon boot not retained after reboot
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:51:04 +0900

 Add the following lines to /boot/loader.rc:
 
 load kernel
 load -t userconfig_script /kernel.config
 
 reichert@numachi.com wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         10564
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       kernel config upon boot not retained after reboot
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       low
 > >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Quarter:
 > >Keywords:
 > >Date-Required:
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 12 17:30:00 PST 1999
 > >Closed-Date:
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Brian Reichert
 > >Release:        3.1-RELEASE
 > >Organization:
 > Numachi
 > >Environment:
 > FreeBSD scratch.numachi.com 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 15 11:08:08 GMT 1999 jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
 > >Description:
 > After install from the CD, efforts to configure the kernel upon do not seem to be saved.  Changes only remain in effect until the next reboot.  I've reied with both visual as well as CLI modes of configuration.
 > seem to be saved; they are only in effect for that boot.  Upon reboot,
 > all changes are lost.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Reboot. :)
 > >Fix:
 > Rebuild a kernel for every change I want to make. :(
 > 
 > >Release-Note:
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > 
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 --
 Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
 dcs@newsguy.com
 dcs@freebsd.org
 
 	"My theory is that his ignorance clouded his poor judgment."
 
 
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkh 
State-Changed-When: Sat Mar 13 02:22:23 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
This was fixed post-3.1.  See also: 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.1-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT 
for a work-around. 
>Unformatted:
