On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:23:28 -0000, Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\) wrote: > I tend to set the eth0 dhcpcd timeout at ~5 seconds. The DHCP server I > usually use (the gentoo based server under my desk!) always responds > within 5 seconds. When I'm out and about and using/"borrowing" a > wireless connection it means that it only slows the boot process by 5 > seconds and doesnt require me to manually enable or disable eth0.
Or you could emerge ifplugd, then the startup scripts won't try to initialise eth0 if no cable is detected. -- Neil Bothwick "Bother," said Pooh, as he put his finger in the mains socket.
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