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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:59:53 -0800
From:      "Shawn Halloran" <SPHalloran2@hotmail.com>
To:        "Johnson David" <djohnson@acuson.com>, "freebsd-newbie" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Boot sequence hangs
Message-ID:  <OE19zXltV4yHwgfybi400003dfe@hotmail.com>

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That seems like a logical place to start. I appreciate your help.

Shawn

  

----- Original Message -----
From: Johnson David
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:51 PM
To: Shawn Halloran; freebsd-newbie
Subject: Re: Boot sequence hangs

On Tuesday 19 February 2002 05:19 pm, Shawn Halloran wrote:
> "Starting standard daemons: inted cron sshd usbd sendmail"
>
> The boot process hangs at this point for almost five minutes

This has happened to me before. As I recall, it was due to sendmail trying to
qualify an unqualifiable host name. Your host needs a FQDN (fully qualified
domain name). Either give your host a full name, or disable sendmail.

The command "hostname" will tell you the full host name of your machine. If
it's just a simple one word name like "mymachine", then sendmail will
grumble. You need something on the order of "mymachine.my.domain".

If you're on a network, your sysadmin will tell you your full host name. If
you're the sysadmin, start boning up on hostname by reading the hostname
manpage in section 7 (type "man 7 hostname").

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<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>That seems like a logical place to start. I appreciate your help.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Shawn</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; COLOR: black; FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>From:</B> Johnson David</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> Shawn Halloran; freebsd-newbie</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Boot sequence hangs</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>On Tuesday 19 February 2002 05:19 pm, Shawn Halloran wrote:<BR>&gt; "Starting standard daemons: inted cron sshd usbd sendmail"<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; The boot process hangs at this point for almost five minutes<BR><BR>This has happened to me before. As I recall, it was due to sendmail trying to<BR>qualify an unqualifiable host name. Your host needs a FQDN (fully qualified<BR>domain name). Either give your host a full name, or disable sendmail.<BR><BR>The command "hostname" will tell you the full host name of your machine. If<BR>it's just a simple one word name like "mymachine", then sendmail will<BR>grumble. You need something on the order of "mymachine.my.domain".<BR><BR>If you're on a network, your sysadmin will tell you your full host name. If<BR>you're the sysadmin, start boning up on hostname by reading the hostname<BR>manpage in section 7 (type "man 7 hostname").<BR><BR>David<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>;
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