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On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:33:21PM -0400, C.Beamer wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> The first time I did a hard drive boot into Gentoon, I noticed two |
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> messages as follows: |
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> One said the make sure that the host name in /etc was set to a valid |
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> host name. |
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> Well, in /etc, I have a file named hosts and when I look at that, it |
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> says that the host is localhost with the ip address of 127.0.0.1, which |
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> is correct for local host. Should there be another host name in there? |
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The message means for you to set the hostname in /etc/conf.d/hostname |
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(or /etc/hostname if you are using a rather old baselayout). |
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The lack of market penetration of this concept is demonstrated |
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when Darth Vader says "the power of the FORCE" when he actually |
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meant "the power of the FIELD." |
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~Prof. Kirk T. McDonald, DeathEM, P-town PHY 304 |
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Sortir en Pantoufles: up 22:49 |
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