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: >>>> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ _______________________________________________ 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