I tried this and I'm sorry to say it didn't work, I had hoped it wood. <me thinking of a solution> What is the name of the file that functions like (in the windows world) a system.ini file. If I change the order placing the PCMCIA before the ETH0 the stuff will initialize in a better order for me. </ me installing Red Hat again?> Sam. Gerry wrote: >Redhat 8 (and 9) >edit /etc/init.d/pcmcia and /etc/init.d/network and change the chkconfig line. >then >chkconfig --del pcmcia >chkconfig --add pcmcia >chkconfig --del network >chkconfig --add network > >The last two numbers in the chkconfig line are startup and shutdown ordering. >On mine (it's a desktop so I don't care about pcmcia) pcmcia is 24 and network >is 10. I would change it so that pcmcia is 10 and network is 11 and see if >that works. It might not. > >Make a backup of your original scripts first! >tar zcvf /tmp/etc.tar.gz /etc > >Gerry > > >On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > > >>I'm sorry Red Hat 8. >>Sam >> >>David Phillips wrote: >> >> >>>Sam MacDonald writes: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Can I tell Linux to start PCMCIA before ETH0 ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Most likely, your system's init is System V compatible and runs init scripts >>>in alphanumeric order. If your init scripts are "network" and "pcmcia", >>>simply rename network to something like "zzz.network" to have it start last. >>> >>>Note here that "Linux" does not start PCMCIA or networking. Your Linux >>>based operating system does that. Without knowing which OS you are using, >>>it is impossible to give exact instructions. Your system may use an >>>entirely different init scheme. Examples: >>> >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list