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Subject: Re: Strange cabled network fault when rebooting from Windows (any version) into Ubuntu 24
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:04:44 +0000
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Java Jive wrote:

> It seems to me from this that the cabled network hardware is not being 
> properly initialised when booting Ubuntu 24.  The cure is simply to 
> actually power down the PC before launching Ubuntu 24

I had some older Dells (Precision and Dimension) which disabled the NIC 
if it wasn't physically connected at the time it booted Windows, there 
was a utility to re-enable it, probably doesn't exist for Linux (though 
Dell were pretty good with their Linux support via Fedora last time I 
kept up with it).