The intention was that most users would be customizing settings.s and rc.custom.gz without rebuilding. If you are doing a rebuild anyway, I think you can modify 1/settings.s, and settings there will be kept.
-Tom On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, John Lumby wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:56:35 -0500 > From: John Lumby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tomsrtbt] how to pass parms to rc.custom? > > In the supplied rc.custom.gz, there is this (at line 4): > > if [ "$IPADDR" != "" ] > then ... do stuff > fi > > How would I set IPADDR to something such that the stuff is done? Is it > simply a matter of setting it in 1/settings.s? That's what I think I > deduce from looking at > 2/etc/rc.S > I have been a bit unwilling to put "permanent" settings in 1/settings.s > since I notice that buildit completely rewrites it (1/settings.s) every time > I buildit (why does it do that? doesn't trust me? I guess that's > wise ...) I suppose I can edit the settings.s on the diskette, which is > the way I am supposed to do it according to the FAQ. But I wonder if > there's some place on the build directory where I can safely store settings > like this and have them included in every diskette I build without having to > think about it. > > John > >
