On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 15:12:35 -0600, Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote:

> 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?>
>

Found it - man inittab  I think that should answer most questions...


> 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:
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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