PCMIA Issues

[Norman Gaywood]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 04:20:57PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Chris Canavan wrote:
> >That did the trick.  Is there a way to implement this
> >fix permanently through the startup routine.
> 
> This has been a thorn in the side for a long time--especially with
> pcmcia-based network cards.  The problem is that the network is started
> long before pcmcia is (the /etc/rc.d/rcx.d sequence number for network
> is S10, that for PCMCIA is S24).
> 
> The easiest fix is to:
> 
> 	cd /etc/rc.d/rc(your-run-level).d
> 	mv S24pcmcia S09pcmcia
> 
> so pcmcia starts before the network.  The network scripts are supposed
> to work around this issue, but they don't reliably.

Even easier, and more correct IMHO, is to NOT set "start on boot" option
of the PCMCIA network card interface setup.

The network interface will start when PCMCIA starts or when you plug-in
your PCMCIA network card.

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Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator
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