Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:33 +0000 From: David Lodeiro <dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> To: Don <don@calis.blacksun.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootup stalls on "Initial i386 initialization" Message-ID: <200404132225.33163.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20040331102037.S2589@calis.blacksun.org> References: <200403312114.16729.dlodeiro@inspired.net.au> <20040331102037.S2589@calis.blacksun.org>
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:21 pm, you wrote: > > I have a server that stalls during bootup for about 5 minutes. It shows > > > > Starting sshd > > > > and then stalls, If I press Ctrl C to cancel whatever it is that is > > stalling, it shows > > Stalls during boot are often the result of DNS timeouts. Do you have a DNS > server defined in /etc/resolve.conf and if so is it accessible? That was exactly the problem, I added the machines hostname and the DNS server addresses to /etc/resolve.conf and all is good now. It also solved another problem which was that I could only log in through ssh whilst in the network, I couldnt from outside even though the router redirects port 22. > > -Don Thanks David
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