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Author: George Toft
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Subject: Windows Internet Connection Sharing
That's what I do also. That old PS/1 did not have that option.

George



Bryce wrote:
>
> On my headless firewall/router, I just changed the halt on errors to all
> except keyboard.
>
> Bryce C.
> Network Administrator / Scripting Consultant
> CoBryce Communications
>
> http://www.BryceCo.Net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of George
> Toft
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:06 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: Windows Internet Connection Sharing
>
> Victor Odhner wrote:
> >
> > George Toft wrote:
> > > ... the only time I have had problems in a reboot
> > > was when the power cord was pulled. The next
> > > reboot had some problems, but I didn't detect
> > > them for over a day. I was still able to log
> > > in, did an init 6, and then all was fine.
> >
> > I may be confused here: Doesn't Init 6 bring up
> > the network? So how did you log in to do that?
> > Or was that when you had to hook up a keyboard?
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> Look in /etc/inittab:
> # The default runlevel is defined here
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> This shows the normal runlevel is 3. The runlevels are defined:
> # runlevel 0 is System halt (Do not use this for initdefault!)
> # runlevel 1 is Single user mode
> # runlevel 2 is Local multiuser without remote network (e.g. NFS)
> # runlevel 3 is Full multiuser with network
> # runlevel 4 is Not used
> # runlevel 5 is Full multiuser with network and xdm
> # runlevel 6 is System reboot (Do not use this for initdefault!)
>
> Because of some differences between Linux and Solaris (ie, the shutdown
> command in Linux is the same as init 0, but means init 1 in Solaris), I
> use init 0 to shutdown or init 6 to reboot a box.
>
> Issuing the init command can be done remotely. The only problem
> is if your BIOS requires a keyboard while doing the Power On Self Test
> (mine did - it was a 1991 IBM PS/1).
>
> George
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