[CentOS] CentOS 5 ssloooowww when network unavailable

On 5/11/07, Lorenzo <lorenzo at gmk.it> wrote:
> I agree with John: the communications between the server and the client
> under X are trying to resolve the hostname which fails and they have to
> wait for the DNS query timeout.

I'm willing to believe that (and will edit /etc/hosts as soon as I
next boot the laptop) but why would DNS have an effect on speed of
access to USB disk drives?  It takes extra time to mount them even
from a text console when the machine is in this condition.