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eriksatie

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Registered: 2011-06-13

Posts: 30

In fresh netinstall problem editing rc.conf

Hi, I am installing arch for the first time using the beginner's guide.  When I get up to the "configure your system" part, to edit each file, after editing the rc.conf and doing :wq I get an error saying "No such file or directory"

I have no idea, what I did wrong - any help is welcome.

Thanks

here is my rc.conf

LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="US/Eastern"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# Scan hardware and load required modules at boot
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MODULES=

HOSTNAME="arch"
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)

DAEMONS=(network @syslog-ng netfs @crond)

also, is it normal to open up the rc.conf and it is blank?

Last edited by eriksatie (2011-06-14 01:33:49)

wojox

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From: San Antonio TX.

Registered: 2009-08-27

Posts: 35

Re: In fresh netinstall problem editing rc.conf

What command and path are you using to open the file? It should be:

sudo vi /etc/rc.conf

If your root just drop the "sudo"

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eriksatie

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Registered: 2011-06-13

Posts: 30

Re: In fresh netinstall problem editing rc.conf

Nah, that wasn't the problem.

I fixed it and have arch dual booting with win xp now.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: In fresh netinstall problem editing rc.conf

It is generally considered a good idea to actually explain what the problem was and how you fixed it so that it can help someone else with a similar problem.

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