Initialise Ethernet on boot

Started by wolo2663, April 26, 2014, 07:11:19 PM

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wolo2663

Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know how I can make eth0 initialise on boot rather than having to manually run 'ifup eth0'?

Thanks
Will 

Lurch

why not just edit /etc/metwork/interfaces and uncomment '#auto eth0 dhcp' to read 'auto eth0 dhcp' ?

scott-alex

You can also add ip=dhcp or ip=xx.xx.xx.xx to your kernel boot parameters. You need to ensure that the kernel has dhcp etc compiled into it.

Beware that if you used dhcp, the kernel will wait until it has an IP address before finishing to boot.


Chax

Maybe the topic starter means having ethernet enabled in u-boot? I'm not sure if this is possible for Olinuxino u-boot. My Guruplug can do this and have images sent over tftp.