disable of eth0 at boot time

[Jon Dixon]

René wrote:
> 
> hello

Hi René

> i want to disable eth0 at boot time.
> i did outcomment eth0 with:
> sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
> strange enough to me, that it does not work to put eth0 into action with:
> sudo ifup eth0
> as far as i get to see, there is no dialogue between the machine and
> dhcp-server at all.

Also do a:

sudo dhclient eth0

> what could be wrong with the procedure i took?
> regards,
> René
> 

Hope that helps,

Jon