John wrote: > You know, I did notice something weird- now that you mention the cable. > The first time I booted up, the cable was connected and the start up > seemed to spend more time on sendmail (then I thought it should be). The > 2nd boot up (hrs later) was w/o the cable connected; it booted up fairly > quickly. The 3rd boot had the cable connected and the start up dragged > on again. > That sounds like the system is trying to do a DNS lookup, and/or taking a while to do the DHCP handshake/settings. With the cable unplugged, it does not try to access the network. (As long as your NIC and driver supports link detection - most do.) Are you connected to a router? Is the interface set for dynamic or static IP? Did you set a hostname? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
