[Gllug] Fedora 16 Startup

DL Neil gllug at getaroundtoit.co.uk
Sun May 6 22:42:41 UTC 2012


Hi Chris,


On 07/05/12 09:53, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Sun 06 May, Mick Farmer wrote:
>
>> File /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 is set up for static IP,
>> but is never activated.
>>
>
>     There is a file in Debian called /etc/network/interfaces in which the
> first line relating to interface eth0 defines it as static or dhcp
>
>     iface eth0 inet static

Sadly network interfacing (and script directory layout, even GUI 
tool-sets) is one of those areas of Linux non-standard-ility (see also 
Apt cf RPM) - so this doesn't apply to Mick's Fedora installation.

Grump, grump!

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=dn
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