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Date:      Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:12:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        chas <panda@peace.com.my>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIC woes : server visible on our network only.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117221149.6065Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980117110938.009379b0@peace.com.my>

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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, chas wrote:

> We have been having woes
> 
> - When our machine boots/restarts, the messages appear on the screen 
>   and all seems to be going well in the boot process until
>   it gets to the NIC config.
>   ep0 : .<blah>..... ether
>   Once this appears on the screen, the process seems to halt.
>   I then have to press CTRL + C to get it to finish booting.
>   (the next line says something about clearing /tmp)

It's sticking on a nameserver lookup.  

1. Modify /etc/rc.conf to not use any hostnames on the ifconfig_xxx lines.
2.  Make sure /etc/resolv.conf's `nameserver' items point to your
nameservers for your network.
3.  Make sure your network connections are plugged in and operating
propelry.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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