John, There may be other ways to do this but I'd go into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and set ifcfg-eth1 where it says ONBOOT to no and then when I do need it just do ifup eth1 and bring it up manually.
James On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 20:45, John O'Shaughnessy wrote: > Greetings, > > I've got a Dell Latitude C400 with mandrake 9.0. > > There is: > 1. Inboard Ethernet (always present) > 2. Dock Ethernet (present only when docked) > 3. Wireless Ethernet PC Card (present only when inserted -- could be either > docked or undocked. > > When I installed the system, eth0 was the internal interface, eth1 was the > dock, and wireless was added later, showing up as eth2. > > Now, when I try to book undocked, the system freezes trying to bring up > eth1, which, I'm assuming, means it is looking for the Dock Ethernet, which > isn't there. I need to power down, or CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out of the > situation. > > Is there a way to make the system understand that the interfaces may or may > not be present, or at the very least, not to hang when not docked? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > -- > John O'Shaughnessy > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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