12.04.2 LTS, new install, network broken

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 09 July 2013 10:31:37 Nils Kassube did opine:

> Tom H wrote:
> > You can control resolv.conf via the configs of dhclient, ifupdown, and
> > NM and "nail" it to be exactly what you want it to be. You have to
> > use the tools with which you're provided rather than ignore them and
> > try to get around them.
> 
> Another option would be to uninstall NM and resolvconf and configure the
> network manually like it was done in the good old days. Of course this
> is not a general advice for a newcomer. But Gene has a rather special
> setup and AIUI he has no use for NM and he knows how to setup the config
> files.
 
That is clear and succinct, thank you Nils.

The question is, can NM and resolvconf be excised without excising the rest 
of the system?  TBD. In any event their initiation scripts can be nuked if 
found.

Having given some thought to the constant recopying of all my data, some 
100Gb worth (wedding movies from a digital hi8 camera are BIG) and its 
being basically in only 2 trees Or will be shortly because my /usr/pix and 
/usr/movies is about to get moved to the /opt tree, I just took gparted to 
another new terrabyte drive, and made two partitions on it.  Labeled home2 
and opt2.  Those will contain copies of my /home and /opt directories and 
an fstab carved up to mount them over the top of those two directories in 
any new installs I make.  Hopefully it will accelerate getting a new 
install up and running.

> Nils


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