On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:02:34 -0800
Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Can anyone think of why Mandrake and Windows don't like to share?  
> Could it have something to do with the fact  Mandrake is on the 
> "Slave" hard drive, and Windows is on the "Master"? (I could switch 
> that status if that would help).

Sounds more like a DHCP issue than a hardware issue. Who's handing out the 
IP's? Do you have your own DHCP server running on a router/firewall, or is it
your ISP?

IIRC, DHCP servers have a setting, TTL (Time To Live), and if you boot into and
out of the two OS's, each needing an IP, the DHCP server may be assuming one is
already assigned and not handing one out, hence if you unplug the cable, the
server senses a "new" host on the network and dutifully hands out an IP.

If you *do* boot into Mandrake and don't get an IP, you should be able to get it
going with (as root):

service network restart

what does it show in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0?

you should have something like this:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes

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