Fedora 12 beta issues

[Christoph Frieben]

2009/10/29 Dariusz J. Garbowski <thuforuk at yahoo.co.uk>:
> 10. Ethernet network interface (cable) doesn't get up during boot even
> though it's configured as not managed by NM. I have to bring it up manually.
>   This network interface doesn't start on boot:
>
> # 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
> DEVICE=eth1
> HWADDR=00:10:4B:7A:65:73
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> TYPE=Ethernet
> IPV6INIT=no
> USERCTL=no
> NM_CONTROLLED=no
> PEERDNS=yes

That's what you expect unless you enable service "network" and disable
service "NetworkManager". In case NM is enabled you would have to set
NM_CONTROLLED=yes in addition to ONBOOT=yes to get network
connectivity already during the boot procedure.