From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 07:18:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E5916A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:18:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from calis.blacksun.org (calis.blacksun.org [216.254.108.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8337643D49 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:18:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from don@calis.blacksun.org) Received: by calis.blacksun.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 21D7A17082; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:21:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calis.blacksun.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F139217062; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:21:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:21:43 -0500 (EST) From: Don To: David Lodeiro In-Reply-To: <200403312114.16729.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> Message-ID: <20040331102037.S2589@calis.blacksun.org> References: <200403312114.16729.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootup stalls on "Initial i386 initialization" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:18:21 -0000 > I have a server that stalls during bootup for about 5 minutes. It shows > > Starting sshd > > and then stalls, If I press Ctrl C to cancel whatever it is that is stalling, > it shows Stalls during boot are often the result of DNS timeouts. Do you have a DNS server defined in /etc/resolve.conf and if so is it accessible? -Don