Re: [gentoo-user] Startup Script Help

2006-05-15 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 5/12/2006 9:51 AM Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 12 May 2006 09:23:06 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: Every time there's a power outage at my home, my Gentoo box fails to start. This is because it attempts to configure the network via DHCP before my DHCP server has finished its startup. Thu

Re: [gentoo-user] Startup Script Help

2006-05-12 Thread John Jolet
Drew Tomlinson wrote: Every time there's a power outage at my home, my Gentoo box fails to start. This is because it attempts to configure the network via DHCP before my DHCP server has finished its startup. Thus I'm trying to think of a way to get the Gentoo box to "wait" a few minutes if D

Re: [gentoo-user] Startup Script Help

2006-05-12 Thread Richard Fish
On 5/12/06, Jeremy Olexa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You want ifplugd. It will allow you to boot the machine even if there is not DHCP response and then do the appropriate action when the DHCP server comes back up. Try that out, maybe it will suit your needs. Actually I don't think ifplugd will

Re: [gentoo-user] Startup Script Help

2006-05-12 Thread Jeremy Olexa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > Every time there's a power outage at my home, my Gentoo box fails to > start. This is because it attempts to configure the network via DHCP > before my DHCP server has finished its startup. Thus I'm trying to > think of a way

Re: [gentoo-user] Startup Script Help

2006-05-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 12 May 2006 09:23:06 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > Every time there's a power outage at my home, my Gentoo box fails to > start. This is because it attempts to configure the network via DHCP > before my DHCP server has finished its startup. Thus I'm trying to > think of a way to get