On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 05:17:39PM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > For several installs over a period of time for Etch, using a net-install > cd. The ~/network/interfaces file uses the line "allow-hotplug eth0". > This has not worked on my boxes, I have to type 'dhclient eth0' to > connect. I use an Ipcop firewall, dhcp, hooked up to a switch. I comment > out the 'hotplug' line and use 'eth0 auto' the old way, and all is > well. Anyone else see this and what package is this associated with ?
AFAICT, these options are complementary. See 'man interfaces'. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

