slow startup without network

[Derek Broughton]

Billy Pollifrone wrote:

> Yes. The network init scripts should accept the DHCP_TIMEOUT value.
> 
> On 2/13/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> is there a way to configure it to 15 seconds or something smaller than
>> 60? im irritated by this as well, i have 3 network interfaces on my
>> laptop, so i have to wait 3 times as long for them to time out.

If you just remove it from "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces (ie, the auto
stanza should usually only be "auto lo" on a system that will not always
have an internet connection) you shouldn't get the delay at all.  Depending
on what method your system is going to use to detect a connection, you may
need ifplugd installed.
-- 
derek