no auto for network interface?

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

<posted & mailed>

Zach wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to configure my /etc/network/interfaces file to
> *not* configure an interface automatically on boot?
> 
> the following entry is in my interfaces file for eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> which I believe is correct, since I want eth0 to be configured with
> dhcp.
> 
> I do not have an auto entry for eth0, yet it still is configured
> automatically on boot, if the network cable is connected.  I only want
> to bring it up explicitly, because I have to bring down eth1 first?
> 
> Aside from not connecting the network cable, how can I have it not
> brought up automatically?

I had the same problem. I got by by *commenting* these lines
in /etc/network/interfaces:

===========================
mapping hotplug
        script grep
        map eth0
===========================


- Sandip

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