[Cialug] Bypassing the Network on Boot

[Todd Walton]

How about this?:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/92556/how-do-i-boot-into-a-root-shell

And use recovery mode to turn off networking?

Also, it seems like there should be a kernel command line parameter to
disable networking.  You'd hit 'e' at GRUB and then edit the command line
there.

--
Todd


On Fri Jan 02 2015 at 5:27:33 PM Todd E Thomas <todd.dsm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I ran into this a while back. If I remember right, I went into the BIOS and
> disabled (PXE) network booting, then pushed it all the way down in the
> list. Boot order:
>
> 1. CD/DVD
> 2. HDD
>
> There was an OS step as well but I ran into it on fedora; I don't use
> Ubuntu. Does this sound like your situation <http://goo.gl/YLdpPa>? This
> one looks similar <http://goo.gl/iYxuKK> and fairly recent.
>
> If so, plug it in as Dave suggests; configure, unplug, reboot and test.
>
> Or...go fish?,
>
> TT
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:17 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It should time out eventually, may take 5 minutes or so.
> >
> > Or, try plugging it into your network and see if that does the trick.
> >
> > Re-installing most of the "easy" Linux distributions is pretty painless
> > these days, mostly just boot, click "Next" a few times and let it go.
> >
> > -dc
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Crew,
> > >
> > > Being on topic (for once) I'm running into an issue with a laptop with
> > > Ubuntu server installed.  The weird part, is that I set it up for a
> > client
> > > and she ended up giving it to me now that she's done with it.
> > >
> > > However, it doesn't want to boot with no network plugged in.  It gets
> to
> > > the point where it's "configuring network devices" and it doesn't want
> to
> > > go any further.
> > >
> > > It doesn't have wireless capability.
> > >
> > > Is there a quick fix to be able to use it until I get around to
> > > re-installing linux?  (sorry, I'm not exactly a linux administrator...
> )
> > >
> > > Any ideas appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Todd
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