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Date:      Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:23:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Aaron Seelye <aseelye@bossig.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Doing intial network setup: hostname
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990309182220.28576K-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <36E5B9CB.77B3BC8D@bossig.com>

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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Aaron Seelye wrote:
> I just installed 3.1 on system with a 3com 509 ethernet card, but on the
> first time it tries to boot, it hangs on the point where it says "Doing
> initial network setup: hostname".  This was configured correctly
> (verified by installing multiple times), the install was even done off
> the ftp method, so i could setup the network properties before i
> rebooted it.  any tips, suggestions, etc, they would be greatly
> appreciated.

Change /etc/host.conf so it has

hosts
bind

and then make sure you have your host IP address and name in
/etc/hosts

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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