angus writes: > Gonna go down the static route for now, and this time it boots a little > quicker . I should say I'm not using a fully qualified domain / host setup, I > just want to try out some of the solaris development software. I tried both > those, then checked the gnome network settings applet which were on dhcp and > set it to static. no have rebooted to reply to the forum from windows :( > > its odd it hangs on the boot (while looking for the hostname or internet?) > > will try again and see if its doing anything. does the command: > svcadm disable network/physical:nwam > turn off nwam for good?
Yes, but note that you'll need to enable the non-nwam version of that service in order for the system to work right: svcadm enable network/physical:default This is documented on the nwamd(1M) man page. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677