Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 22:14:53 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman) Cc: nwestfal@eros.library.csusb.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: route problem with 1104-SNAP Message-ID: <199511072214.WAA04849@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9511072003.AA19094@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett A. Wollman" at Nov 7, 95 03:03:26 pm
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Garrett A. Wollman stands accused of saying: > > I'm having a problem with a FreeBSD 2.1.0-951104-SNAP system. When the > > machine boots, it hangs when it adds the default route (as when you > > define a defaultrouter in /etc/sysconfig). If you wait long enough, > > it will eventually continue and everything is fine. This seems to be > > related to DNS, because if I delete /etc/resolv.conf it comes up fine > > without hanging at all. > > It is incorrect to specify a hostname as the default router. Use an > IP address. Or list hosts before bind in /etc/host.conf, and make sure your /etc/hosts file contains the relevant bootstrapping information. This is a particularly good thing to do if your nameserver is a long way away. > -GAWollman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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