[LBo] 1.7. Exercises

[mike sullivan]

Anita Lewis wrote:
> On 10/19/2006 05:47 PM mike sullivan wrote:
>> Mike tentatively raises his hand to get the teachers attention.
>>
>> I'm some what uncomfortable with the statement:
>>
>> <http://linuxbasics.org/media//course/book/caution.gif> *Linux 
>> expects to be networked* : Not using the network or configuring it 
>> incorrectly may result in slow startup.
> <snip>
>> But if you chose not to have networking installed shouldn't matter 
>> this early in the process.
>
> I'll take a stab at this.  The system needs a network set up in order 
> for many programs to work.  That may be as simple as a local loop. It 
> doesn't mean that you must have your computer connected to another 
> computer, either locally or over the Internet.
>
> The installers of distros will set this up.  Usually you will be asked 
> for a name for your computer, but I think even that would not be 
> critical, since 'localhost' works.  So you will see config files for 
> the network even if you don't set up a network.  'lo' will be 
> configured with an internal address of 127.0.0.1.
>
> I think that is what the author meant.  You must have a local loop and 
> you also must not have other things that are wrongly configured, or it 
> will slow things down.
>
> Anita
Thanks Anita. Was aware of the existance of loopback @ the address of 
127.0.0.1   Your reply makes sense and allays my question about the 
caution. Thanks.

Mike WN5PMR