I received the following private reply. Since it says "and all others" I am sending it to the list! (with the subject header taken from my private reply)
Glad you got it solved, Hans. Lisi ------------------------------------------ Hi Lisi & all others, Am 08.01.2017 um 13:09 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > On Sunday 08 January 2017 09:56:34 h...@hanswkraus.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've found a monitor which was able to display the Grub menu. In the >> "Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux" I found the entries: >> >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (sysvinit) >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (recovery mode) >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (sysvinit) >> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (recovery mode) >> >> Each of them insists on starting the network. Is there any remedy? > > sysvinit should start without the network eventually if there is a problem > with the network (after a short delay), and recovery mode ought not to start > the network. So are you quite sure that they all insist on starting the > network? By which I take it that you still mean that it won't start without > it. > > Lisi Yes, I am sure. I waited for both the the sysvinit and recovery mode for approximately half an hour. Both got stuck at the network part. I found the problem: I added the line: "iface eth0 inet6 dhcp" to /etc/network/interfaces (I found somewhare on the net that this is a good idea and my router has an IPV6 address). This gave all the troubles. The troublesome stanza: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet6 dhcp # iface eth0 inet static # address 192.168.1.100 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # gateway 192.168.1.20 # # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After correcting it to: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp # iface eth0 inet6 dhcp # iface eth0 inet static # address 192.168.1.100 # netmask 255.255.255.0 # gateway 192.168.1.20 # # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The system works again. To do this I booted the system via a Debian Jessie Live-DVD, added lvm2 and started it (the root system is on an Adaptec HW Raid), mounted the root and editet '/etc/network/interfaces'. Many thanks to all who have helped & kind regards, Hans