In previous version of Mandrake, i fixed it by hand by just putting an
ampersand next to the ifup command in the network startup script.
On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 03:55, David Huerta wrote:
>
>
> "Last issue- the system hangs for awhile on boot. I think it is waiting
> for an internet or LAN connection through the built-in NIC. I may want
> to share an internet connection by installing a second NIC in my desktop
>
> and enabling internet sharing. I would like the laptop to not take
> forever to boot, but would like to set it up so I can jack into my
> desktop and browse the internet, etc. How can I set this up so that the
> laptop does not look for an internet or LAN connection on start-up, but
> does look for a connection when I want it to?"
>
> Lee Einer
>
>
> This was something that's been "fixed" in Mandrake 9.1, which doesn't
> hang on attempting to configure eth0 (network connection).
>
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