From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020830 Description of problem: Its not possible to get anaconda to set up an ethernet card as DHCP configured but not activated at boot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Try setting up a dhcp configured system without activating the card at boot. Additional info: Im taking my laptop all over the place and I dont always have it hooked up to a network. The delay booting annoys the hell out of me while its trying to get a dhcp replay. Id prefer to be able to set it up as a dhcp client but not activated at boot and then manually activate it when I need network connectivity (without editing files in /etc/sysconfig/ preferably)
Not to be a nuisance, but have you already run the "System Settings / Network" tool (also called redhat-config-network)? Select your Ethernet device, Edit, and deselect the box marked "Activate when computer starts."
This is a problem with the hotplug system not obeying our request to not start this interface up.
I think this is an anaconda bug. As soon as I uncheck the activate on boot tab, anaconda greys out the entire selection dialog. Im aware I can set this all up later, but I do think Anaconda should be able to set up a dhcp client that does not try to activate the lan card on boot.
For hotplugged devices, you need to set HOTPLUG={yes,no}. Hotplug has no concept of 'boot'.