On 11/28/2016 7:41 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
A Linux system in 2016 without a working network is basically a brick, so there should be no shock when the boot process patiently waits for your network to be configured before bringing up all of the network services.
You *ERR* <GRIN>Neither of the Linux machines in front of me have any networking connected.
One likely never will.I was working on a project some time ago where there was active consideration of how to *DEFEAT* networking on some donated machines.
Not everybody has access to wide-band internet access - which is what is assumed for any mention of "networking". It is a significant enough that apt-offline is actively maintained [v1.7.1 released 2016-09-12].
I do admit the majority have ridiculously large speed demon well connected machines.
That routinely causes problems for some of us ;{