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From: tanel@juku.li.ttu.ee (Tanel Kuusk)
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To: questions@FreeBSD.org, dale@northcoast.com
Subject: Re: init (/etc/rc) troubles
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> The first error is coming from the following line in /etc/netstart:
> ifconfig lo0 inet localhost
What does it say? Do you have INternet compiled to kernel? Are you using
a generic kernel?

> I have no /dev/lo0.  I don't know what a loopback is.  The next error 
There is no /dev/lo0. lo0 is a software fake tcp/ip interface. it's address
must be 127.0.0.1

> message is probably related, but I don't know exactly where it's 
> coming from.
What does this say?

  Tanel