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- From: layhe@rcnext1.rc.arizona.edu (robert w. layhe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: How to undo NetMgr change - sys won't boot...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.143034.11767@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 14:30:34 GMT
- References: <lux.715369828@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group
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- In article <lux.715369828@sol.UVic.CA> lux@sol.UVic.CA (Michael O'Henly)
- writes:
- >
- > I mistakenly set NetMgr...Local...Broadcast address to the IP
- > address for my machine. (It's not on a NetInfo network, just connected
- > to the campus Ethernet).
- >
- > Now, the boot process gets to a point where it's saying
- > "netinfo timeout, sleeping" (shortly after "starting rpc and net
- > services") and then hangs.
- >
- > How can I reset NetMgr...Local...Broadcast Address to
- > "default" (assuming that's what I should do at this point)?
- >
- > Thank you in advance...
- >
- > Michael.
- > --
- > Michael O'Henly
- > McPherson Library Internet: lux@sol.uvic.ca
- > University of Victoria lux@uvvm.uvic.ca
- > Victoria, B.C., Canada BITNET: lux@uvvm
- my suggestion would be to boot single user and edit the hostconfig file in /etc
- and put in the correct info in each variable. then reboot in multiuser mode.
-
- robert
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