hmm, on Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:13:59PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > Notwithstanding that this is a real bug that should really be fixed, > there is a simple solution to such problems: just like OpenBSD has a > Real Shell Script for an installer, it has a Real Shell Script for a > boot script. Thus, ^C works. This is also useful for interrupting > dhclient on your laptop when it's not connected to any network, and the > like.
i just wanted to add, that dhclient is very good at giving up when there is no link. no need to ^C at all. -f -- some cures are worse than the disease.
