[ltp] fyi: booting without network

[Norman Levin]

Dale P. Smith wrote:
>> 
>> I'm using Debian (sid) with ifup/ifdown on a t21.  I use my laptop
>> all over the place, some places with dhcp, some with fixed addresses,
>> different printers, different dns issues.  What I did was to take
>> advantage of the "mapping" function in /etc/network/interfaces.
>> 
>> I keep a different printcap file for each place: /etc/printcap.PLACE
>> and /etc/printcap is just a symlink to it.  I have scripts in
>> /etc/network/if-{pre-up,up,down,post-down}.d/ that do the symlinking
>> and handle starting/stopping lpd.
>> 
>> Also in there, I have scripts that preserve what was in
>> /etc/resolv.conf before dhcp stomps all over it.  Basically, it
>> wraps what dhcp (I'm using pump) want to put in there with "# eth0
>> begin" and "# eth0 end" pairs.
>> 
>> I also have a bit of python that pops up a list of all the schemes
>> and allows you to ifup/down your interface and select which scheme
>> to use. I usually have this tied to a button on gkrellm.
>> 
>> It's not automatic, but it's a very useful system.
>> 
>> I can send the mess to anyone that's interested.
>> 
>> -Dale

Dale, this sounds very useful.  Do you have it in a RPM form?  or tarball?
Also, how will this help the ethernet timeout problem at boot up time?
Or do you at the end of a day activate a "no network" scheme so on boot
there are no network checks?
norm (usually at a different site each week) levin


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