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Re: Starting network interface at boot



This one time, at band camp, Steve Dondley said:
> > What I think you're saying is that the network doesn't come up at boot,
> > but you can manually get it going later, right?  If it comes up OK
> > later, it is just a question of getting your config files set up
> > correctly.  OK, What error messages are you seeing at boot time?  Also
> > send a copy of etc/network/interfaces.
> >
> 
> I figured it out after much trial and error.  I created my own startup
> script called 'wlanscript' and placed this single line into it:
> "/etc/init.d/wlan start".  This starts the driver up.
> 
> Then I just made sure this script was called before the init.d/networking
> script by putting 'S39wlanscript' symbolic link into the rcS.d directory.
> 
> I don't know if this is the best way of doing it but it works.
> 
> > correctly.  OK, What error messages are you seeing at boot time?  Also
> 
> If I needed to, how could I obtain a copy of the bootup messages?  They go
> by so fast during bootup.
dmesg | less will show you most of what you missed, although not modules
loading.  
Steve
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