Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:01 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Mysterious freeze while booting Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411161626020.13212@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <419a1982.0f8137e8.4913.0025@smtp.gmail.com> References: <419a1982.0f8137e8.4913.0025@smtp.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Subhro wrote: > When booting the console displays the usual messages like below: > > 1> Starting local daemons:. > 2> Updating motd. > 3> Configuring syscons: keymap blanktime. > > What is strange is that after line 3 the computer suddenly stops for a > long time, almost a minute, doing (as far as I know) nothing! > > Add your system hostname to /etc/hosts. Alternatively ensure that DNS > resolves properly on your box. If you just want to skip the whole thing, > then press Ctrl+C when the box hangs up.... or seems to hang up. I have added my hostname, and it didn't change anything. Maybe my DNS name is something else than what I think. I'll look into it. Why would adding the hostname work? What is it that's fooling around with my hostname at this point in the boot process? /andreas -- George W. Bush won, so now the world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed. Congratulation USA! I'm happy I'm not a part of it. My conscience is clean. Is yours?
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