On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 6:42 PM Barry <barry@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:


> On 5 Nov 2024, at 22:23, Peter Lesterhuis <peterlesterhuis@telfort.nl> wrote:
>
> Although this sounded like magic to me I couldn't resist giving it a try.

On a reboot the device may not be fully reset.
Windows may have set modes on devices that breaks the linux driver.

When you do a cold boot, power off and back on, that cannot happen.

Many systems intended for use by large enterprises do load  minimal network 
drivers to support PXE netboot and Wake-on-(Wired-)Lan so IT can push updates 
during off hours.  In some cases vendor firmware updates are needed to avoid 
breaking linux, or you may be able to disable PXE. 

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George N. White III