Re: [tlug] Boot options (RH7.2) (Grub?)

[Yoshiko MIWA <miwachan@example.com>]

> My Toshiba notebook (RH7.2) hangs for an age during bootup when I don't have
> it plugged into an Ethernet connection. This doesn't normally trouble me, as
> it's usually used at home where it is plugged into a hub. On the road,
> however, it is a bore waiting for several minutes whenever I turn it on.
> 
> I am using Grub as the boot loader. Is there any clean way to tell the kernel
> via Grub at boot time to skip the ethernet port? (I don't want to turn it
> off, as once a day or so I do plug it into an ethernet hub.)

During boot process, you may see the start of rc.init bootup procedure
and the message like this: '[I] for interactive mode.'
So, you may hit "I" keys for several times, so it will go to interactive
bootup mode, and you will be able to skip the network interface(s) start
up.

Other solution is that: 
Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth0 .
and change the line
    ONBOOT=yes
to
    ONBOOT=no

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三輪 佳子　Yoshiko MIWA <miwachan@example.com>
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