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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.ssd.intel.com!news.jf.intel.com!haertel From: haertel@ichips.intel.com (Mike Haertel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie Question Date: 1 Oct 1995 21:22:15 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <44n0q7$or9@news.jf.intel.com> References: <812200737snz@osvif.demon.co.uk> <44ct27$14f@jraynard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdxcs100.intel.com In article <44ct27$14f@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> wrote: >When you boot with -c, any changes are saved to the kernel (you should >see a message to this effect later on in the boot sequence). Or have I >misunderstood the question? Yes, this is done by /sbin/dset in /etc/rc. It would be nice if there were a way to optionally make this not happen, without editing /etc/rc. I.e. a "nosave" command to UserConfig that would cause dset not to do its thing. This is useful when experimenting with weird device configurations, and I would rather not edit /etc/rc (one more thing to remember when upgrading to a new release).