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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: ritz@onyx.interactive.net (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: long delay in boot process X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960808] X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 38 Message-ID: <DwK0Dv.CtH@interactive.net> References: <ulfDwFsJJ.4uM@netcom.com> X-Trace: 840741618/6797 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 19:20:19 GMT Ulf Schmidt <ulf@netcom.com> wrote: : Hi, : 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? : The system comes up fine, and starts all daemons eventually, but w/ : this long delay it is too long compared to my other systems. : Any help would be great. Try adding the IP address of your network gateway to /etc/hosts. Then edit /etc/host.conf and make sure you have "hosts" before "bind". In other words, it should look like this: # Default is to use the nameserver first #bind # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file hosts # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis bind Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/