From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 02:49:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCABC16A400 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [63.240.77.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 635BD43D45 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:49:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.215] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20060325024942012007m216e>; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:49:42 +0000 Message-ID: <4424AFC5.6070600@computer.org> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:49:41 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is going on?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:49:43 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive > done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this > event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services > down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. > > however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: > > starting sshd. > > and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having > trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the > /etc/hosts file is correct. > > now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to > ftp.freebsd.org times out. > > im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email > accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). > > can someone shed some light for me here?? My .02 cents: Double check your name resolution functionality. Also, seems I had trouble once upon a time with IPV6 causing similar issues as well. But that was quite some time ago. > > thanks > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric