Re: PCMCIA nic difficulty.

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

awesome-dave1 juno com wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Thank you for your reply. I would appreciate any additional information
> you could provide.

Ordinarily, the network stuff starts up in /etc/rc.d/rcX.d/S10network,
while PCMCIA doesn't start until /etc/rc.d/rcX.d/S20pcmcia.  So, to
maked sure your PCMCIA stuff starts before the network, try doing this
(assuming you use run level 5 or X windows):

	# cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
	# rm S20pcmcia
	# ln -s ../init.d/pcmcia S09pcmcia

This will force PCMCIA services to load immediately before the network
stuff.  This should NOT be an issue, though.  The network stuff is
normally delayed until PCMCIA services are run.  You should see a
boot message to the effect "Configuring eth0.....DELAYED" during boot.
The network stuff is smart enough to know that the driver for eth0
is PCMCIA and will delay until the drivers is loaded.  At least it
does for me.

After the boot is complete, try "ifconfig -a" and see if eth0 shows
up at all.  If it does, see if the NIC address is shown.  If so,
then the driver came up and the hardware appears OK.  Then try
"netconfig" and verify that you're set up for DHCP.

If you do wish to change the boot sequence, here's how it works:

During boot, stuff in any /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directory is processed by
picking up all of the S* stuff ("S" for startup), sorting it into ASCII
ascending sort order, and running it in that order.

During shutdown, the same process is performed, but this time with the
K* stuff ("K" for "kill").

The run level (the "X" in "/etc/rc.d/rcX.d") is determined by the value
of the second parameter in the "id:X:initdefault" line of the
/etc/inittab file.  And unlike Solaris, which walks through each lower
run level (goes through rc3.d on its way to rc5.d), Linux goes DIRECTLY
to rc5.d.
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