network interfaces fail to start on boot

["David Fuchs" <php4flicks@gmail.com>]

hi all,

I just installed Etch on a system with 3 network interfaces: eth0,
eth1, lo. all network interfaces are configured as auto in
/etc/network/interfaces.

for some reason, the interfaces all fail to start on boot. I have to
manually run ifup -a for them to work. how can I fix this?

another nuisance: every 20 minutes, some process prints "-- MARK --"
to the console. I've never seen this before on any system - what is
this about?

thanks,
- Dave.