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From: berni@vector.oh.sub.org (Berni Ernst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD machine halts during bootup phase
Date: 20 Apr 1997 08:34:01 GMT
Organization: PUM => Private Unix Machines
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Kurt Schafer (kschafer@cyberbeach.net) wrote:
: One of my 2.2.1 machines always halts during the bootup phase just after it
: says it's adding in the default gateway.

: Hitting a CTRL-C moves it past that phase and the machine says it's
: clearing /tmp out and it then completes booting to the login prompt.

: Can anybody shed some light on what is causing the machine to choke at this
: point ?

: TIA

: -Kurt

Probably the machine cannot find the gateway (gateway down, wrong 
IP address ?). If you do not have a gateway say "gateway=NO" in
/etc/sysconfig.

berni


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