Re: Pcmcia network card startup
On Thu, 01 May 2003 14:16:56 +1000
Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed and used the pcmcia-cs package on debian.
>
> When i plug a 3com 3c589c pcmcia NIC in, then the card
> is detected and started, but to get it to appear as eth0
> in "ifconfig", i need to do /etc/init.d/networking restart.
> Is there a standard way of making this happen automatically?
Yes. man interfaces.
In /etc/network/interfaces make a stanza for eth0, but do *not* make it
auto.
The reason is that networking runs before PCMCIA in the startup sequence.
The PCMCIA scripts check /etc/network/interfaces and use what's there.
Kevin
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