Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:51:01 -0800 From: 72yan M <freedom@72oot.net> To: "Shawn Halloran" <SPHalloran2@hotmail.com>, "freebsd-newbie" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Boot sequence hangs Message-ID: <02022013510100.72838@c1529030-a.attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <OE629cAgjHXwKHvyo3D000081c3@hotmail.com> References: <OE629cAgjHXwKHvyo3D000081c3@hotmail.com>
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Hello, I am not using DSL, but I did have problems switching over from a static IP when Attbi switched to dhcp. Your issue sounds like the IP least is not being renewed in FBSD. I found that the solution was in the #/etc/dhcilent.conf. The default is the have an empty file. I found a article on dhcp at http://www.freebsddiary.org/athome.php it gave an example dhclient.conf to follow. The information needed to setup is the hostname and network device. Here is my dhclient.conf. It requests everything. interface "fxp0" { send host-name "c#######-a"; request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers; require subnet-mask; media "media autoselect";} 72yan > FYI, > > I use Verizon DSL with a DHCP. Apparently, atleast under the Windows > environment, I loose my connection integrity. After I released the IP > configuration and reset the modem (under Windows - still a Unix newbie) my > boot problem in FBSD was resolved. I don't know why I have these persistent > problems with my DCHP - I downloaded a patch, but it only helped > marginally. If anybody knows where I can obtain additional information, I > would appreciate your help. > > Shawn > > >----- Original Message ----- > > From: Shawn Halloran > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:00 PM > To: Johnson David; freebsd-newbie > Subject: Re: Boot sequence hangs > > That seems like a logical place to start. I appreciate your help. > > Shawn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johnson David > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:51 PM > To: Shawn Halloran; freebsd-newbie > Subject: Re: Boot sequence hangs > > On Tuesday 19 February 2002 05:19 pm, Shawn Halloran wrote: > > "Starting standard daemons: inted cron sshd usbd sendmail" > > > > The boot process hangs at this point for almost five minutes > > This has happened to me before. As I recall, it was due to sendmail trying > to qualify an unqualifiable host name. Your host needs a FQDN (fully > qualified domain name). Either give your host a full name, or disable > sendmail. > > The command "hostname" will tell you the full host name of your machine. If > it's just a simple one word name like "mymachine", then sendmail will > grumble. You need something on the order of "mymachine.my.domain". > > If you're on a network, your sysadmin will tell you your full host name. If > you're the sysadmin, start boning up on hostname by reading the hostname > manpage in section 7 (type "man 7 hostname"). > > David > > > > > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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