Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:12:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: chas <panda@peace.com.my> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC woes : server visible on our network only. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117221149.6065Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980117110938.009379b0@peace.com.my>
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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, chas wrote: > We have been having woes > > - When our machine boots/restarts, the messages appear on the screen > and all seems to be going well in the boot process until > it gets to the NIC config. > ep0 : .<blah>..... ether > Once this appears on the screen, the process seems to halt. > I then have to press CTRL + C to get it to finish booting. > (the next line says something about clearing /tmp) It's sticking on a nameserver lookup. 1. Modify /etc/rc.conf to not use any hostnames on the ifconfig_xxx lines. 2. Make sure /etc/resolv.conf's `nameserver' items point to your nameservers for your network. 3. Make sure your network connections are plugged in and operating propelry. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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