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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:36:54 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Larry Scheer" <larry.scheer@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: Root filesystem issue found.
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:35:10 -0700 "Larry Scheer"
<larry.scheer@onstor.com> wrote:

> It turns out the problem with my root filesystem was /etc/hosts was
> not being created or configured. I am checking into where the
> breakdown occurs. 
> 
> One other thing I see is onstor/initial_config is not updating
> /etc/hosts with the SSC IP address and hostname when it does exist.
> 
> The thing that surprises me most was how much of the system was
> working without /etc/hosts. SSH was happy, and lots of other
> utilities.
> 
> Larry
> 
> P.S. Yes, I am more than slightly embarrassed that I didn't notice
> /etc/hosts was missing sooner. But I am feeling much better that I
> found it myself and not Max. I didn't want to owe him a case a beer.
> Hmm, seems like whenever a case a beer is on the line I figure out
> what is going wrong.

Now you know why I choose my opportunities to threaten you with that
carefully ~:^)