From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 29 07:29:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA07577 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 May 1996 07:29:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA07570 for ; Wed, 29 May 1996 07:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA26406; Wed, 29 May 1996 10:29:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:29:42 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9605291429.AA26406@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: chris@enteract.com (dcastle), questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting takes forever In-Reply-To: <199605291039.MAA20174@allegro.lemis.de> References: <199605291039.MAA20174@allegro.lemis.de> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < 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 -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant