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Subject: init (/etc/rc) troubles
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I've go two lines in /etc/rc that are producing error messages.  At 
the end of booting up, I see:
<begin startup messages--->
starting network
ifconfig: localhost: bad value
localhost: bad value
starting system logger.
  syslogd: bind: Can't assign requested address
<----end startup messages>

I'm running FreeBSD 2.0R on a 486DX2/66 without network interface.  My 
only network contact is by occassional PPP dial out to my Internet 
Provider.

The first error is coming from the following line in /etc/netstart:
ifconfig lo0 inet localhost
I have no /dev/lo0.  I don't know what a loopback is.  The next error 
message is probably related, but I don't know exactly where it's 
coming from.

As for the syslogd error, I'm totally stumped.  It's preventing 
syslogd from running at all so no /var/log/messages are being logged. 
 Is the address referred to /dev/log or /var/log/messages?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  These problems may be related 
to why startx tells me:
<begin X startup messages--->
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .