Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:29:42 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: chris@enteract.com (dcastle), questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting takes forever Message-ID: <9605291429.AA26406@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199605291039.MAA20174@allegro.lemis.de> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960528130730.16331B-100000@enteract.com> <199605291039.MAA20174@allegro.lemis.de>
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<<On Wed, 29 May 1996 12:39:18 +0200 (MET DST), grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) said:
> The first case suggests that you probably have something like
> route_loopback="${hostname} localhost"
> The answer to this one, which is especially important if you're on a
> dialup link, is to add the fully qualified name. For example, I have:
> route_loopback="${hostname} localhost.lemis.de."
Actually, the /correct/ answer is to get rid of this !@#%
route_loopback nonsense. It serves no useful function. If you really
insist on keeping it, bear in mind that it is NEVER correct to use
names in `ifconfig' and `route' commands.
-GAWollman
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