Trying to install 9.1-RELEASE but it always hangs on boot

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hegira

Have been using Linux for a while now and wanted to try something new. So I am totally new to freebsd FreeBSD.

Trying to install 9.1-RELESAE on a ThinkPad L421, and I have two questions:

  1. When prompted to choose a hostname, I thought I could just choose any name I want (since I am not on a network), which I have seen suggested on this forum in more than one thread (I also saw someone say they just choose: anyname.local), anyway, after the installation, it hangs and says:

    Code: 
    hegira ntpd_initrest[746] : host name not found: 2. freebsd.pool.ntp.org
  2. When asked to configure IPv6, I go for the SLAAC option (automatic configuration option), but then in the field labelled "search", I am not sure exactly what to type in? (in the manual it says: example.com, does this mean I should type in any address? Like google.com?)
 
hegira said:
When prompted to choose a hostname, I thought I could just choose any name I want (since I am not on a network), which I have seen suggested on this forum in more than one thread (I also saw someone say they just choose: anyname.local), anyway, after the installation, it hangs and says:

Code: 
hegira ntpd_initrest[746] : host name not found: 2. freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Click to expand...

You can choose any host name you want. The error is saying it can't find freebsd.pool.ntp.org. Use a different NTP source.
 
I found what the problem was -- I think I did anyway. I just noticed my wireless antenna is not working, so the computer was not online during the installation. Would that not be the cause of both problems in my previous questions?
 
No:
Code: 
% ping freebsd.pool.ntp.org
ping: cannot resolve freebsd.pool.ntp.org: Unknown host

Incidentally, putting multiple different questions into a thread usually does not get good answers. And the title is misleading, the system does not hang, if you wait thirty seconds it will continue. The IPv6 question is unrelated.
 
Oh. OK, but it never gets to a login screen. If I wait 30 seconds, it just spits out that same line that I gave you above, over and over.
 
Press ctrl-C. After it boots, fix the problem, editing /etc/ntp.conf and replacing it with an NTP server that can be resolved.
 
You can use [0-3]pool.ntp.org. See the example at http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html.

You first test the first one:
Code: 
[cmd=#]dig 0.pool.ntp.org[/cmd]
dig 0.pool.ntp.org

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> 0.pool.ntp.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32965
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;0.pool.ntp.org.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
0.pool.ntp.org.         88      IN      A       87.106.8.228
0.pool.ntp.org.         88      IN      A       192.53.103.108
0.pool.ntp.org.         88      IN      A       77.246.126.132
0.pool.ntp.org.         88      IN      A       212.18.3.18

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: [highlight]213.133.98.98#53(213.133.98.98)[/highlight]
;; WHEN: Sun Aug 25 01:24:00 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 96
The SERVER should be one that is being mentioned in /etc/resolv.conf
Code: 
[cmd=#]cat /etc/resolv.conf[/cmd]
[snip]
nameserver 213.133.98.98
nameserver 213.133.99.99
nameserver 213.133.100.100

You can test them all with:
Code: 
[cmd=#]sh[/cmd]
[cmd=#]for NR in 0 1 2 3 ; do dig  ${NR}.pool.ntp.org ; done[/cmd]
[snip]
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P4 <<>> 3.pool.ntp.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37746
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;3.pool.ntp.org.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
3.pool.ntp.org.         150     IN      A       85.10.246.229
3.pool.ntp.org.         150     IN      A       178.238.224.71
3.pool.ntp.org.         150     IN      A       83.137.98.96
3.pool.ntp.org.         150     IN      A       88.198.230.201

;; Query time: 270 msec
;; SERVER: 213.133.98.98#53(213.133.98.98)
;; WHEN: Sun Aug 25 01:20:50 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 96
 
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