On Wed, 5 Aug 2003, Robert Fox wrote:

> 2) On normal kernel bootup - also under VMware, the network card does
> load the module, but dhcp doesn't activate during boot.  I have to
> manually type in dhclient from a root console for it to get an IP
> address.  Is there something wrong with the initscripts and dhcp?

The driver may not support ifplugd, have you tried unchecking the "network 
hotplugging" option (or whatever they call it now).

# ifstatus -v <device name>
will tell you though

Regards,
Buchan

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