Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:15:11 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: very slow boot (newbie) Message-ID: <20060512141511.66b2dbba.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20060512175626.GD34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <44639855.90102@waywood.co.uk> <4463C5E4.50109@daleco.biz> <4463D2EC.1020100@waywood.co.uk> <20060512125648.GG5531@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <4464A7E5.7060000@waywood.co.uk> <20060512175626.GD34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 04:21:09PM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: > > >The fact that the operating system knows what the machine is called, > > >does not necessarily mean that the name is in the DNS. You can put an > > >entry in your /etc/hosts file (take a look at the file for the format), > > >which will allow sendmail and other daemons to start. > > > > OK, I looked in /etc/hosts and only 127.0.0.1 localhost appears there. > > How do I put another entry in here though, when I don't know in advance > > the IP address that will be allocated to this machine by the DHCP server > > (provided by my router)? The odd thing is that the system knows exactly > > what IP address has been assigned, because I can see that transaction > > taking place during the boot sequence long before the point where it > > stalls. Make an entry in /etc/hosts similar to: 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.com (Only substitute your actual host and domain names) Unless you reconfigure something, the resolver always checks /etc/hosts first. Thus the DNS timeouts will never occur as the system will find its hostname. Not that, in my experience, it's important to put _both_ the short name and the FQDN in. -- Bill Moran That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth. Jayne Cobb
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