ntpd couldn't resolve host name on system boot

Vincent Hoffman vince at unsane.co.uk
Thu May 17 18:49:26 UTC 2012


On 17/05/2012 17:13, Matthew Doughty wrote:
> Hi, thanks for your quick reply.
>
> Please could you explain how to do that?  Or if you know a post that
> explains....

Its not that obvious but...
man 5 rc.conf
and have a look at the netwait_* variable options (particularly
netwait_enable)
Basically they pause the boot up process until a network connection is
available, (a user defined IP is pingable)
they should be added to your /etc/rc.conf. The default values are

jhary at ostracod $ grep netwait /etc/defaults/rc.conf
netwait_enable="NO"        # Enable rc.d/netwait (or NO)
#netwait_ip=""            # IP addresses to be pinged by netwait.
netwait_timeout="60"        # Total number of seconds to perform pings.
#netwait_if=""            # Interface name to watch link state on.
netwait_if_timeout="30"        # Total number of seconds to monitor link
state.

Vince
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>
> On 17 May 2012 11:42, <nickolasbug at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Matthew,
>>
>> netwait script is already implemented:
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2011-June/028593.html
>>
>> So, you shuld just add netwit_* entries in your rc.conf file.
>>
>> 2012/5/17 Matthew Doughty <mdoughty at b12.cl>:
>>> Dear Jerermy,
>>>
>>> Whilst searching for a solution to a problem, I found your post:
>>>
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-October/064350.html
>>> Please could you explain how I can implement the netwait script to solve
>>> the problem?  I'm new to freenas/BSD but am willing to try working from
>> the
>>> Cmd line.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: Here are the messages
>>>
>>>  May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
>>>
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: GEOM: da0s1: geometry does not match
>> label
>>> (16h,63s != 255h,63s).
>>>
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: GEOM: da0s2: geometry does not match
>> label
>>> (16h,63s != 255h,63s).
>>>
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: Trying to mount root from
>>> ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeNASs2a
>>>
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: WARNING: /data was not properly
>> dismounted
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: ZFS filesystem version 4
>>>
>>> May 14 13:32:59 freenas kernel: ZFS storage pool version 15
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:00 freenas ntpd[1512]: ntpd 4.2.4p5-a (1)
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:00 freenas root: /etc/rc: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
>>> vmware_guestd
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: host name not found:
>>> 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: couldn't resolve `
>>> 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: host name not found:
>>> 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: couldn't resolve `
>>> 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: host name not found:
>>> 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>>>
>>> May 14 13:33:02 freenas ntpd_initres[1526]: couldn't resolve `
>>> 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
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