[nzlug] eth0 down after reboot

[James Paterson]

Cliff Pratt wrote:

> 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". 

Yes this file exists and already has a line ONBOOT=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.

There is no etc/networking/interfaces that I can find and no file 
interfaces that comes up in a search that looks like it would be the 
one.  Meantime my setup works and I can  change it as  I learn more.

thanks James Paterson