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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!blackbush.xlink.net!linux1.netconx.de!news.uni-jena.de!news.uni-weimar.de!News.HTWM.De!news.tu-chemnitz.de!uni-erlangen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!tor.muc.de!not-for-mail From: eilts@tor.muc.de (Hinrich Eilts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot hangs with resolv.conf available. Date: 3 Nov 1996 12:32:23 +0100 Organization: NEL-Net Lines: 16 Message-ID: <55hvs7$6ne@tor.muc.de> References: <3277AD06.1CAB@execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tor.muc.de Con Sultant <jkane@execpc.com> writes: >I finally got around to figuring why my machine hangs at boot time. I >have the problem where it hung after ifconfig. It is caused by the >combination of using a dns resolver in /etc/resolv.conf that is not on >the local net. And having a dial on demand solution for after boot >time. > [...] I had a similar problem and solved by changing /etc/netstart. At the begin of /etc/netstart /etc/resolv.conf is moved away and at its end it is moved back. This causes all namebindings resolved by /etc/hosts while /etc/netstart is working but after all, BIND is used. Works without any degradion. Hinrich