Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 20:48:53 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootup stops at sendmail Message-ID: <393FEA95.37E0CD7A@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0006072219450.24431-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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Zhihui Zhang wrote: > I just configure lp0 interface on my portable and try to bring it up > automatically by modifying /etc/rc.conf. As a result, the bootup process > stops when starting standard daemons: inetd cron sendmail. How to fix > this? A FreeBSD machine should be able to boot when it is temporarily not > connected to the network, right? BTW, I use parallel cable to link two > machines. sendmail alaways connects the net when booting. You enabled a network device which is marked up, thus sendmail waits for a couple of minutes until the DNS packets it tries all time out. Either configure /etc/host.conf to point to your own (caching-only) DNS server, or change sendmail boot options to "-q". HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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