[SLUG] I have to activate my ethernet card every time I boot

[Jamie Adams]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:13:50 -0500 (EST), john at johnallsopp.co.uk
<john at johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi y'all again
> 
> Having gotten online, on bootup I find I can't connect to anything. I can
> solve it by going into the system tools, network device control, and
> 'activating' my ethernet card.
> 
> How can I get around having to do that?

There is probably a way to do this through a graphical tool but i'm
not sure how on Redhat. I'd do it by adding the following line to
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 : ONBOOT=yes

Jam