Re: [Re: Losing network config - Pt2

[*snicker* <menion mindless com>]

This is usually like a reverse DNS lookup failure.  Make sure you have
/etc/resolv.conf setup correctly.  And that your IP layer is working
properly.

Derick Boodram wrote:
> 
> ikhoury mail jrol com wrote:
> >>
> >> Do you have it set ONBOOT=yes ? in your
> >> /etc/sysconfig/network-sc*/ifcfg-eth0
> >>
> >> good luck.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Derick Boodram wrote:
> >> > Hi All!
> >> > O.K. so I set up eth0 and am able to ping the NT and 95 machines on the
> >> network.
> >> > HOWEVER!  When I ctrl-alt-del the system and bring it back up, I can no longer
> >> ping any of the machines on the network until I "ifcfg" and "route add -net"
> >> again.
>         ikhoury jrol com
> 
> Thanks to this response, I found that /etc/sysconfig/network-sc*/ifcfg-eth0 didnt even exist on my system, so I manually put it in with DEVICE= ,IPADDR=, etc.
> Now the network configuration is saved.  :)
> BUT NOW (ugggh!) when I boot my system, it pauses for a minute (literally) at the lines:
> "Starting: amd amd"
>   and
> "Starting: sendmail sendmail"
> .....is this normmal?  Should I just be satisfied that the sys boots or is this a symptom of another problem?
> What is "amd" ?  Will Pinky and the Brain ever take over the world? What will this do to cheese prices?
> 
>      Thanx,
>         Derick
> 
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