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From: Dean Roth <dean@myp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: "route add" long pause
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 09:55:08 +0000
Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI
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During boot the command "route add ${hostname} localhost" pauses
the system for a long time, then apparently times out and boot
continues. Why? DNS is setup and works (the name server is on a
different computer).
Dean