Subject: Re: stop polling eth0 on boot [was:boot problem on iMac rev.D]
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Sun Apr 23 2000 - 21:06:34 MDT
In the file
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
you will find a line that says
ONBOOT=yes
Change yes to no :P
Dan wrote:
>
> Hi, sorry to repost this, but the bit of the archive that should have this
> doesn't exist (April 4) and I've lost the response I got,
>
> [snip]
>
> install worked fine and booted without any problems, except that during the
> boot the boot log tells me that it's trying to establish the ethernet system
> in spite of the I am using the machine at home and told setup not to use a
> LAN. Not being connected to an ethernet obviously the boot fails this part. Is
> this a problem? - I still get the system booted, it just takes a long time.
> How can I prevent the boot from trying to get eth0 established?
>
> [snip]
>
> thanks
> Dan
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