/etc/init.d/network, which is called by /etc/boot, which is called by inittab(5), by way of the line "si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/boot".
All the files in the /etc/rc?.d directories should be symlinks to actual scripts in the /etc/init.d directory. In this case, /etc/network is actually called by init(8) when the system is booted. Nathan On Mon, 5 May 1997, A. M. Varon wrote: :On Mon, 5 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: : :> /etc/init.d directory, but I use ppp. I didn't think network cards were :> initialized in a network file but in the netstd* files. What does this :> file do on your system, and did you make it? : :okay, the network file initialize the network card. See, when i install my :debian for the first time, there were no script files i have seen which :initializes the network card, so I made one. I run this script manually :when it boots. no problem. I got tired of manually running it. so i run :update-rc.d. : :When my debian server boots, it runs the linked script fine. I :then could connect to the internet. After 2 minutes, it then says network :unreachable. : :Anybody could tell me what script does debian run to initialize the :network card? : :TIA, : : : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : Andre M. Varon Lasaltech, Incorported : Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)433-3520 : e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : : : : : :-- :TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] . :Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .