[iyonix-support] Re: DHCP discovery at boot time

Hi

In message <4e7cf51c8bjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> > The impression I got was that when the message about DHCP attempting to
> > configure the Intel network interface came up, that the discovery
> > process just hung.  
> 
> That annoyed me, so I asked.  I can't find the answer, but from memory, hit
> escape, and it gives you a choice of whether to boot up without it.

escape will bypass it


> 
> > .... is there a way of making it happen later on?

yes.. put dhcpexecute ek0 in a late run file, and remove it from the
!Boot.choices.internat.startup file.. though manual editing will be
undone the next time you configure it from !Boot

John
> 
> Dunno.  There must be a command file somewhere, so probably you could run
> it manually.
> 
> John
> 


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