How to select nic while bootup?

[Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu]

On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 09:02 +0200, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> How can i:
> 
> - tell the bootprocess to check also for the existance of wlan0 ?
> - start wpa_supplicant only if wlan0 needs to be booted?
> 
> should i try to handle this issue on the bootscript for eth0 itself?

I recall reading either in this mailing list or finding a web site where
someone detailed how you can pass to the kernel which network profile
you want enabled during the boot process.

So, for example, you could setup a couple of choices in grub that boot
the same kernel, but with different network profiles specified.  This
would let you choose between booting with eth0 enabled, or wlan0.

Google around.  Hopefully the above gives you enough info to find what
you need to set it up.

HTH,

Ranbir
-- 
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
Systems Aligned Inc.
www.systemsaligned.com