On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 12:52, Buchan Milne wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > > Another change which is bad for me is that it used to disregard files in > > this format: > > > > ifcfg-xxx.yyy > > > > That is, ifcfg files with an extension. Now it doesn't. Since I > > sometimes use a WLAN card, I have an alternative ifcfg-eth0 file, which > > I called ifcfg-eth0.wlan, and a backup of the current ifcfg-eth0 file, > > called ifcfg-eth0.lan. It now tries to bring THESE up on startup, as > > well, which takes an extra minute each. What was the reason for this > > change in behaviour? > > Probably virtual interfaces (aka eth0:1) ? Use something besides a . > (like a -).
I've just renamed them to XXifcfg-eth0.lan and XXifcfg-eth0.wlan. It was just annoying sitting in class needing to take notes while Mandrake sat there trying to bring up non-existent interfaces for five minutes, so I wondered why the change had been made...it's the first problem I mentioned that's the biggie. -- adamw
