On Thu, 01 May 2003 14:16:56 +1000 Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > I've installed and used the pcmcia-cs package on debian. > > When i plug a 3com 3c589c pcmcia NIC in, then the card > is detected and started, but to get it to appear as eth0 > in "ifconfig", i need to do /etc/init.d/networking restart. > Is there a standard way of making this happen automatically? Yes. man interfaces. In /etc/network/interfaces make a stanza for eth0, but do *not* make it auto. The reason is that networking runs before PCMCIA in the startup sequence. The PCMCIA scripts check /etc/network/interfaces and use what's there. Kevin
