Guest dennern Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 When i startup mandrake 10.0 and press [ESC] so i can see what its doing. At some point it reaches a thing called eth0... and it takes ages to load (2 - 3 minutes) this is really annoying me since i don't know what it is.... could someone please give me an explanation to this... P.s. I'm really noob at this, it's my first installation. [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echylo Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Welcome aboard :) this topic is probarly gonna be placed somewhere else but I can only tell you that eth0 is your ethernetcard, does it says ok after it continues or is it failed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I quess you are connected to the Internet via LAN on your mainboard or you have a ethernet card. If this is not the case then it means that you have LAN enabled in the BIOS of your Mainboard so go into the bios and set it to Disable onboard LAN. This will then stop Mandrake detecting it and trying to set it up thus it will just breeze past it. I have ADSL and am connected by LAN so my system does take a little time at the ETHO point, as you experience, and I expect it. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 the time needed for the networking card to work properly (= initializing eth0) also depends on the type of network-card you have. some get connected faster while some need more time. especially those network-cards that do not explicitly say that they are designed for windows, mac AND linux (that is: they only mention windows and/or mac) might take a bit longer because their architecture is not "grade A" for a linux kernel (just think of a puzzle and the last piece needs some pushing and twisting to fit into the puzzle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor57 Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I think that by assigning an IP address (static), your initialization of eth0 would be quicker. If you're using DHCP, though, you might have to just wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I had the same problem when I had dial-up. It was trying to initialize a connection that didn't exist. Go to MCC->Network->Manage Connections(I think) and there should be a check box that says 'enable at boot'. Just uncheck this and you should be ok. If you actually do have dsl/cable service, then the story is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padma Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I have several boxes hooked together with a router, and tied to the internet via a cable modem. My Win2K takes forever to boot, hanging on the "configuring network" (?) stage. My MDK boots up in just a couple of minutes, total, from bios to logged-in, ready to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Max Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I think that by assigning an IP address (static), your initialization of eth0 would be quicker. If you're using DHCP, though, you might have to just wait... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That might cut down on the startup, but not the best option. As static IP's cost $$, depending on your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MadDog Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I've had cable DHCP for a long time.. slow startups have not been an issue for me. May be something else going on. Try going through the network setup again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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