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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 2020 14:54:13 -0400
From:      Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
To:        Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Best way to make a machine boot with or without a Internet connection
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:24 PM Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 6:20 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Due to storm related damage my ISP went out for a few (12) hours earlier
> in
> > the week and while I got it usable without a Internet connection by
> putting
> > everything in my LAN in /etc/hosts (I also run a local_unbound --> local
> > bind9 on my file server which I have created a zone file for the LAN
> > machines also), but it was very slow in booting due to ntpdate, tomcat
> and
> > sendmail not being to connect to the Internet for either forward or
> reverse
> > DNS.   I don't want to turn these services off, but I want to be able to
> do
> > a normal boot (no long hangs) if the ISP goes down again.   What is the
> > best way to do this?
> >
> > --
> > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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> This is a long shot but perhaps you could find a way to start these
> services in the background (&).
>

Given they are done by /etc/rc based on rc.onf not likely


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Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org



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