[1547] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: for the record
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Dec 19 15:10:56 1996
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:10:33 -0500
To: Patrick McCormick <pmccormi@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: "[1546] in SIPB_Linux_Development"
> The other annoying thing I forgot to report is that it takes forever
> on the reverse DNS lookup, mostly because it fails miserably.
> I gave it the address 18.66.0.27, hit tab for the rest, and it sat for
> two minutes failing the lookup. I then put in the name (giacometti)
> myself, and went on to mount NFS and go to second stage. I have
> no idea why this might fail.
I have no idea why this would fail, either. I've seen it work a
number of times, and I've seen it fail at least once. I think what
happens is that it tries the resolve but doesn't do re-transmits
properly. So, if your DNS request get dropped, I bet it just times
out instead of trying a retransmission...
But this is only a guess. I'd have to go look at the sources
(/mit/linux/people/warlord/redhat/rembrandt/install) to see for sure.
-derek
