On Monday 07 July 2003 11:02 am, David Z Maze wrote: >Jeff Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 1. I'm now getting a "choose networking interface" option at >> bootup. How can I disable this? > >You must have installed a package that provides this; you might look >through the list of installed packages in something like aptitude. >Looking through the links in /etc/rcS.d and /etc/rc2.d might also give >you a hint of which package it is. > >> 2. eth0 is non-existant when dhcp attempts to connect for an IP, >> hence it fails, as do my network mounts,etc. After boot I have to >> issue a sudo pump -i eth0 to grab an address, then mount my shares. > >Do you have 'auto eth0' in your /etc/network/interfaces file? If so, >take it out; then the network scripts won't try to bring up eth0 at >boot time (before PCMCIA), but when pcmcia-cs discovers that you have >a network card, it will run 'ifup eth0' on its own. (My impression is >also that 'pump' is considered among the more, well, ghetto of the >available DHCP clients, so you might try using 'dhcp-client' instead >if you have weird DHCP problems.) > >So, your /etc/network/interfaces file should look (very loosely) like > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > iface eth0 inet dhcp > >--
Thanks, Only partial joy thus far. I added a DHCP="Y" to /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and that brings up the card with it's proper IP at boot, but still w/o shares mounted. Doing a sudo mount -a after boot fixes this, but of course I want to avoid that. The eventual user of this box never touches root. I eliminated the auto eth0 from interfaces and rebooted, but I still get the 'Choose current network environment' screen at boot. Grepping through /etc didn't reveal any startup scripts with a similar message. I seem to recall that being mentioned during sid's install, but I can't quite remember the context... I'm still googlng and grepping, but any further help is appreciated. TIA Jeff Elkins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
