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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

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