Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:40:32 +0100 (CET) From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> To: Duane Winner <duanewinner@att.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Slow boot when not plugged into network Message-ID: <20040106223724.J93299@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> In-Reply-To: <1073418074.3853.12.camel@closetotheedge> References: <1073418074.3853.12.camel@closetotheedge>
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Duane Winner wrote: > Does anybody know of a workaround for this? > > When I'm not connected to my ethernet network, it takes an extra 90 > seconds to boot my FreeBSD laptop, as it hangs on this boot message > before timing out: > > "Doing initial network setup: hostname" > > I'm guessing it has something to do with DNS lookup and can't reach the > server(s), but I'm not sure. Hi! Will most likely be the dhcp request, which of course does not find any dhcp server. When you are sitting at the console, simply press CTRL-C after "Doing initial network setup: hostname" ist displayed and the box is sitting there. The process dhclient will then be terminated and the boot process continues. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)
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