Heather wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > > > Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? > > Err, not sure. > > > How would I do the following: > > I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). > > I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is > > injected and an 'ipup eth0' when the card is removed (if there was > > an eth0 active to begin with). > > Essentially, I'm trying to rotate between no NIC, eth0 and eth1 > > without too much trouble. > > What I'm looking for are recommendations on where to place the > > script in the code. > > You want the keyword "noauto" in /etc/network/interfaces. > > My copy of that file indicates how to tweak the PCMCIA setup so it > will use ifup and ifdown instead of its own style, so maybe you'd > like to do that. > > Do you need them to toggle on/off, or do you actually need to unload > the drivers for the internal NIC, too? It's possible to do that, too. > The example has "up" and "down" lines but you can also use "pre-up" > and "post-down" unless things have changed since my last playing with it. > So I used pre-up to force the modules that were needed, and post-down > to force them back out. *not* that I recommend doing that unless you > have to - in my case, it was to honor a dock. > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm.. I'll take a look at this. Thanks for the pointer. And no, I can pretty much leave the modules in. Wouldn't 'autoclean' remove them eventually if they aren't in use? Or is that more myth? -- 6:44pm up 31 days, 55 min, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.15, 1.03
