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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.75.213.193!xenitec!news.uunet.ca!not-for-mail From: "Kurt Schafer" <kschafer@cyberbeach.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: BSD machine halts during bootup phase Date: 19 Apr 1997 08:17:58 GMT Organization: UUNET Canada News Transport Lines: 12 Message-ID: <01bc4c9a$642d5ba0$05c9b0cf@reality> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp2-5.cyberbeach.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39340 One of my 2.2.1 machines always halts during the bootup phase just after it says it's adding in the default gateway. Hitting a CTRL-C moves it past that phase and the machine says it's clearing /tmp out and it then completes booting to the login prompt. Can anybody shed some light on what is causing the machine to choke at this point ? TIA -Kurt