PCMCIA Recognition

[Phil Savoie]

On Thursday 25 March 2004 12:00, duncan brown wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phil Savoie <psavoie1783 at rogers.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:34:26 -0500
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: PCMCIA Recognition
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Awhile back I had asked this question and didn't really recieve any
> > response that I can remember.  My setup is an Inspiron 7500 Dell Laptop
> > using a Netgear FA-511 cardbus PCMCIA adapter.
> >
> > Normally when I install I do a network install so I am perplexed by what
> > is happening.  After the net install using the Netgear card in the pcmcia
> > slot, on reboot, the cards lights are on indicating a connection.  On
> > further inspection there is no dhcp setting set even though I set this on
> > install.
> >
> > I have to manually unplug the Netgear card and plug it back in, wait a
> > few seconds and then I hve successful pings.
> >
> > Could anyone please help me determine the the heck is going on as to why
> > the pcmcia service/eth0 device is not playing nice?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Phil
> >
> Phil,
>   I've had the same problem from RH8-FC1 with a few NICS.  Same thing, fine
> net install, but the nic isn't there on reboot.  On your next boot, just
> drop to a terminal and (as root)
>
> check for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> if it's not there, then:
>
> netconfig eth0
>
> set to dhcp, save, and restart networking (service network restart) and
> reboot to check to see if that worked.
>
Hi Duncan,

Took a look and this is what I have:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:10:7A:6B:1C:5D
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DHCP_HOSTNAME=shark

So, I think it is set right.  Strange...

Phil