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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: long delay in boot process
Date: 20 Aug 1996 21:55:56 GMT
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ulf@netcom.com (Ulf Schmidt) wrote:

> I have 4 FreeBSD systems, and all boot very fast, except for my DNS.
> The startup process hangs for about 2 min. after the following messages:
> 
> 1. after the interface de0 is defined and configured w/ its IP-paramameters
>     delay for 2min. after displaying 'ether 00:dd:xxxx'
> 2. after the message: 'starting routed.'
> 
> I was able to fix this once, but I can't figure out how I did it. What
> could cause a delay at these points? 

Use numerical IP addresses for interface and route configuration in
/etc/sysconfig.  This avoids chicken-and-egg problems with DNS.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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