On Friday 16 May 2014 21:04:41 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2014 17:07:33 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Samuli's right. I was experimenting on a new install how to stop > > net.eth0 from coming up (it was stalling forever because there was no > > ethernet cable present). No matter what I tried with /etc/rc.conf, or > > eselect rc, I couldn't stop the darn thing starting up. > > AFAIR you ned to install ifplugd, but not configure or run it. openrc > uses it to determine if a cable is plugged in and delay setting up the > interface if there is none.
That's how I have been doing it, using ifplugd to monitor the presence of a link, but seem to recall that there is/was a netifrc-way of managing which network interface comes up at boot. -- Regards, Mick
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