On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 10:46:15 -0400 (EDT), ne... <akabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Oct 2, 2004 at 09:07, Bob Goodwin in a soothing rage wrote: > > >ne... wrote: > > > >>On Oct 2, 2004 at 04:19, Bob Goodwin in a soothing rage wrote: > >> > >>>I'm not sure what I've done but suddenly the time to boot has gone from > >>>about two minutes to what seems like about five minutes more. Toward the > >>>end of the boot process it dwells on starting ntpd, starting sendmail, > >>>and starting smb-client. The rest of the boot process seems normal. > >>> > >>> > >>Which leads me to believe you have made changes to your > >>/etc/hosts file somewhere along the line. Please post > >>the contents of this file. > >> > >Yes, I added two lines to /etc/hosts: > > > >cat /etc/hosts > ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs > ># that require network functionality will fail. > >127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > This is fine. > > >localhost <<---- > The line above needs to be removed. > > >10.1.1.1 box1 box1 > >10.1.1.2 box2 box2 > The second 'box1' & 'box2' need to be fully qualified > I believe. It has to be the fully qualified domain name. Sendmail in particular looks up the /etc/hosts file on startup. I also remember having seen a delay caused by nfs mount, if you dont add 'nolock' to the mount options. > > N.Emile... > -- > Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) > Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 > Remember, in 2039, MOUSSE & PASTA will be available ONLY by prescription!! > 10:42:21 up 96 days, 3:57, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >