ntpd couldn't resolve host name on system boot

[Matthew Doughty]

Thanks Vince, I'll give it a go.

Regards,
Matthew

On 17 May 2012 14:49, Vincent Hoffman <vince at unsane.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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