How do I stop RH9 from shutting down my nic

kahn · 03-17-2004, 12:30 PM

I have an Asus A7V8X with an onboard Broadcom 4401 network card. I'm running Redhat 9, kernel 2.4.2-8 I believe... When I shutdown Redhat it also shuts off my network card, which is a problem because I also use WindowsXP(I know, but I'm slowly migrating to linux, hopefully I can one day rid myself of the MS Demons!) How can I get it to leave it on? And the other question is... Is there a file like the boot.ini for windows? And is there another one for the shutdown process as well?

Thanks a ton!

Martin Seidl
Asus A7V8X
AthlonXP 1700 @ 2.25 GHZ
1GB PC2100
240GB SATA Raid 0 Array
GeforceFX 5900SE
DVD +/- RW
RH9/WinXP Pro

Skunk_Face · 03-18-2004, 02:55 AM

i believe that all OS's are the same in that with a complete shutdown all hardware pheripherals are indeed powered off. However with linux you can have the option of several init run levels.

most linux distros come with either a grub or lilo boot option. So the file ur lookin for is prolly the grub.conf or lilo.conf

kahn · 03-18-2004, 10:31 AM

Isn't grub just the boot loader? Not the actualy conf file for start up and shut down processes?

Martin

chrisfirestar · 03-18-2004, 08:00 PM

linux and xp are using the same pc???

thargoid · 06-06-2004, 06:03 AM

I had the same problem. But it is a windows XP problem.
Just update your winxp ethernet driver with the latest one from the broadcom
website (http://www.broadcom.com) and your problem should be solved.

Capt_Caveman · 06-06-2004, 01:02 PM

Not a security question. In fact, this is looking like a Windows-related question. In the future, please select the most appropriate forum before posting, thanks.

Moving Thread to the General Forum.