[´Solved] Re: More info, still urgent :-) [was: Re: Urgent help needed - Debian boot hangs]
I received the following private reply. Since it says "and all others" I am
sending it to the list! (with the subject header taken from my private
reply)
Glad you got it solved, Hans.
Lisi
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Hi Lisi & all others,
Am 08.01.2017 um 13:09 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
> On Sunday 08 January 2017 09:56:34 hans@hanswkraus.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've found a monitor which was able to display the Grub menu. In the
>> "Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux" I found the entries:
>>
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (sysvinit)
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (recovery mode)
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (sysvinit)
>> Debian GNU/Linux with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (recovery mode)
>>
>> Each of them insists on starting the network. Is there any remedy?
>
> sysvinit should start without the network eventually if there is a problem
> with the network (after a short delay), and recovery mode ought not to start
> the network. So are you quite sure that they all insist on starting the
> network? By which I take it that you still mean that it won't start without
> it.
>
> Lisi
Yes, I am sure. I waited for both the the sysvinit and recovery mode for
approximately half an hour. Both got stuck at the network part.
I found the problem: I added the line: "iface eth0 inet6 dhcp" to
/etc/network/interfaces (I found somewhare on the net that this is a
good idea and my router has an IPV6 address). This gave all the
troubles.
The troublesome stanza:
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# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet6 dhcp
# iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.1.100
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# gateway 192.168.1.20
# # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
installed
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After correcting it to:
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# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
# iface eth0 inet6 dhcp
# iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.1.100
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# gateway 192.168.1.20
# # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
installed
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The system works again.
To do this I booted the system via a Debian Jessie Live-DVD, added
lvm2 and started it (the root system is on an Adaptec HW Raid), mounted
the root and editet '/etc/network/interfaces'.
Many thanks to all who have helped & kind regards,
Hans
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