[ltp] fyi: booting without network

[Dale P. Smith]

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002 08:29:52 -0500
"Norman Levin" <normanlevin@attglobal.net> wrote:

> 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 can send the mess to anyone that's interested.

> Dale, this sounds very useful.  Do you have it in a RPM form?  or tarball?

I can wrap it up in a tarball.  It's just some scripts.

> 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

I don't start my network until I tell it to start (with the python
script).  When I do a suspend, I have my system shut down the interface.
It's in /etc/apm/event.d/eth0

I arrive at a customer site, open the laptop, pick the scheme form the
list, do useful work, close the laptop.  No hangs anywhere.

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