Re: [Astlinux-users] Can't edit rc.conf

[Carla S. <ca...@br...>]

HTML mails are real PITAs- any chance you could use plain text?

thanks,
Carla

On Wednesday 03 January 2007 23:28, olivier.taylor wrote:
>  Hi Phil,
>
>  Seems to be the same problem,
>
>  Docs doesn't tell you to modify grub.conf but you have to.
>
>  Genkd, If I understand well, creates the directories in Mnt/kd, Rc.conf =
is
> in /etc and there are some symlinks to /mnt/kd
>
>  in Grub.conf, you should have :
>
>  default saved
>  timeout 3
>  serial --unit=3D0 --speed=3D19200 --word=3D8 --parity=3Dno --stop=3D1
>  terminal serial
>
>
>  title AstLinux (Boot from CF - Use third partition for KeyDisk)
>  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 root (hd0,0)
>  =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 kernel /boot/bzImage root=3D/dev/hda1 console=3DttyS0=
,19200n8
> astlinux=3Dnet4801 astkd=3D/dev/sda1 ide=3Dnodma=C2=A0=C2=A0 -------> Fla=
sh keydisk
> savedefault
>
>  Remember to make the system read/write before modifying grub.conf
>
>
>  Olivier
>
>
>  Phil McKerracher a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:
> It seems I lied when I said I could edit changes to rc.conf on a USB flash
> stick. I thought I had successfully done this but I just tried again
> without success.
>
> I tried reformatting the drive from scratch (using genkd and then rebooti=
ng
> as described on
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=3DAstLinux%20Users%20Guide%2=
0Cha
>pter%202 and on
> http://www.voipplanet.com/backgrounders/article.php/3646976).
>
> If I go to /mnt/kd using the web interface I see the error message
>
> Warning: is_dir(): Stat failed for /mnt/kd/asterisk (errno=3D40 - Too many
> levels of symbolic links) in /stat/var/www/admin/dirphp_class.php on line
> 115
>
> ...and I can't find rc.conf anywhere (is it supposed to be in the root or
> in /etc?).
>
> This is what I see in the root of the keydisk:
> astdb           crontabs        lost+found      ssh
> asterisk        dnsmasq.leases  monitor         tftpboot
> cdr-csv         home            voicemail
>
> If I edit rc.conf in /etc using the web interface (e.g. to uncomment INTI=
=46)
> the changes don't persist past a reboot. (Yes, I did remember to make the
> filesystem read/write first, then save changes and reboot.) I tried with
> and without doing a "reload". I tried with and without the keydisk mounte=
d.
> I tried using nano from the terminal instead of the web interface. I tried
> power cycling instead of rebooting. I tried reformatting the flash drive
> and the CF card. I searched the mailing list archive for a previous menti=
on
> of this without success.
>
> Every reboot takes a few mins, so this has all taken hours. Please tell me
> it gets easier than this eventually! I'm trying not to bother you all with
> dumb questions (after the flaming I got from my initial ones!) but it wou=
ld
> really be much easier if there was some documentation around somewhere.
>
> I'm off to try an earlier version of asterisk because I'm sure I had this
> working at one stage and I was using a different version initially.

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