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Re: NFS error?



On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 04:34:30PM -0800, Crispin Murphy wrote:
: > Once I removed the ifcfg-eth0 file, everything worked fine.

: Fix the ifcfg-eth0 file, don't delete it.  You'll confuse the heck out of the
: next redhat-knowledgable person to look at it...

No, since (in my case, anyway) the diskless client's eth0 was pre-configured,
*re*configuring it is just the wrong thing to do.

If a redhat-knowledgeable person looking at the setup can't figure out how
a diskless machine has an IP address, then I suggest that that
redhat-knowledgeable person needs to learn about more than just redhat.

I suppose you *could* change the ONBOOT to "no", but by erasing the file,
you assure that the initialization stuff won't even *try* to fool with the
network config.  Besides, erasing it was faster. :)  (If I had to do it again,
I'd make the changes and rename it.)

I can speak only for myself, but at my house, the only person I have to worry
about confusing is me.

--
Cloyce D. Spradling                     Still not speaking for IBM
cloyce@austin.ibm.com
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