[nzlug] eth0 down after reboot

[Cliff Pratt]

James Paterson wrote:
> ..Perhaps there is some startup place these commands ..
> 
> Googling found
> put:
> 
> ifdown eth0
> dhclient eth0
> 
> as the last two lines in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
> 
> I have done this and eth0 now comes up after reboot.
> 
That should not be necessary. If Mandriva is RedHat like there should be 
a file called /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-eth0 or similar. Edit 
that as appropriate. One line should say something like "ON_BOOT=" and 
this should be set to "YES". If Mandriva is like Debian there should be 
a file called /etc/networking/interfaces. Edit that as appropriate. If 
it does something else, there should be a way to do it without using the 
deprecated /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Cheers,

Cliff