In suse, how does one prevent network adapters' drivers from loading during boottime?

albertt · 01-10-2005, 09:22 PM

Thanks in advance for any input.

In Redhat Linux, I can prevent any network adapters' drivers (modules) from loading during boottime by removing lines in /etc/modules.conf that contain words such as eth0, eth1, etc...

Is there a way to do the same in SUSE linux?

Thanks.
-Albert.

jailbait · 01-10-2005, 10:41 PM

"In Redhat Linux, I can prevent any network adapters' drivers (modules) from loading during boottime by removing lines in /etc/modules.conf that contain words such as eth0, eth1, etc...

Is there a way to do the same in SUSE linux?"

Yes. It is done in the same way in SuSE.

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Steve Stites

albertt · 01-13-2005, 07:55 PM

Thank you Steve for your reply.

I'm currently using sles 9.0. After a fresh installation, I found no such /etc/modules.conf file. I, however, found a comparable /etc/modprobe.conf. Unfortunately, commenting out lines that contain eth[0-9] in modprobe.conf does NOT prevent 3COM network adapter from loading during boot time.

Any other suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Albert.

jaraju · 01-13-2005, 10:37 PM

Do u have this directory?: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. Check for ifcfg-eth0 in this directory.
If you do have it, vi ifcfg-eth0 and change the line from ONBOOT=yes to ONBOOT=no

hope it helps!