On Wed 04 May 2016 at 07:18:31 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 04:37:19AM +0000, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > On Wed, May 4, 2016, 1:09 AM Henning Follmann <hfollm...@itcfollmann.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I do have an old laptop. I installed a minimal system without any network > > > manager. > > > Now if there is no network cable plugged in during boot time systemd hangs > > > forever at the network interface part. > > > > > > > > Sorry to ask a potentially dumb question, but does that imply that if the > > network cable IS connected, it boots OK? > > > > Mark > > exactly that. > This is not my only machine with debian on it. It is my only laptop > without a network manager. It is totally weird. > I think it has to do with dhcp and that there is no timeout set. So it > waits forever to pick up an Ip address (which of course doesn't work > without a cable).
We may have different ideas of what is meant by "minimal install". All mine boot without a network cable attached. Would your machine being a laptop really be relevant to the issue? Any onscreen messages when the the hang happens?