dmesg -a lines' explanation? NEWBIE (Christopher Nehren)

[David Armour]

hello,

i hope i'm replying correctly. do i reply to: all, author, or mailing list? 
i'm grateful for replies i've received so far, and impressed that it's come 
in faster than i'm able to actually take advantage of, what with work going 
on.

> [partially snipped for clarity]
> >> > #permissions: No such file or directory
> >> > are: No such file or directory
> >> > set: No such file or directory
> >> > properly: No such file or directory
> >> > at: No such file or directory
> >> > boot: No such file or directory
>
> "permissions are set properly at boot"
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

the exact text i used, following your earlier recommendation to look for start 
up scripts and a subsequent suggestion from Andrew Heyn, was:

grep -Ri "permissions are set properly at boot" /etc/

the result i received at that point, 

/etc/devfs.conf:perm    xpt0    0666    #permissions are set properly at boot

seems to support your original suspicion.