Matt is right that it should work. This is how my laptop runs right now,
but before upgrading to 6.1, I used to have it setup so that card services
activated the nic when it detected it during pcmcia initailization
(conceptually exactly what happens when you insert the card), and not
earlier.
So I believe the proper configuration is to not have the nic activated by
the normal way, but have it done by card services. Check the pcmcia-cs
package docs for the details. I haven't bothered fixing it myself
because 1) it does work, and 2) it's become sort of a test box for various
distribs, and I don't feel like wasting the tiem on it.
hth
charles
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This should not be a problem. The initialization of the NIC will
> be delayed untill a valid eth0 device is present, that is to say
> when pcmcia services start. You should not need to recompile, but
> you might need to manually specify what pcmcia chipset your laptop
> has.
>
> What does "/etc/rc.d/init/d/pcmcia status" report?
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Ryan Marinoff wrote:
>
> > During startup, is there a configuration file that tells the kernel to start
> > what service when or do I have to recompile the kernel a different way than
> > the install program. Reason for the question is that the NIC on my laptop
> > is starting before the PCMCIA, but the NIC is PCMCIA!
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