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Date:      Fri, 16 Aug 1996 19:02:32 +0200
From:      roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers' list)
Subject:   Re: Problem in 2.1.5 install and loopback interface.
Message-ID:  <199608161702.TAA25462@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199608161444.KAA01427@lakes.water.net>; from Thomas David Rivers on Aug 16, 1996 10:44:01 -0400
References:  	<199608161444.KAA01427@lakes.water.net>

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According to Thomas David Rivers:
> Well - if your using a nameserver, and the machine booting happens
> to *be* the nameserver, this won't work.  Since named isn't
> up yet (how could it be before the interfaces are configured?),
> you can't resolve the name "localhost"
> 
> This should probably change to:
> 
>   ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"

You should use "hosts, bind" in /etc/host.conf and populate /etc/hosts with
some important values like localhost and your primary interfaces. That way,
you don't need a DNS for booting.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #17: Fri Aug  2 20:40:17 MET DST 1996



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