Re: DHCP fails under 2.6 kernel but works with 2.4

"RS Chakravarti" <[email protected]>
writes:

> The problem has been solved, at least for now.
> DHCP works with 2.6 after I switched off ACPI in the bootloader.
> This is o.k. for a desktop but what about laptop users.

Hmm... this does strange to me, but what is the connection between
acpi and DHCP? 

> I am surprised that there are no comments.
> Is FSUG-Kochi dead?

The list??

Dunno - I suspect that puggy.symonds.net is listed some spam
blacklist, and it is possible that a large number of subscribers do
not get the mails.

Any, do not expect everybody to know everything - especially when you
multiboot multiple kernels, things like device names may change, and
not everything will work as expected.

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