On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 09:25:16PM -0400, Hwei Sheng TEOH wrote: > Hi! > > I'm running a system with a PNP network card that needs to be up before > /etc/init.d/network executes. I need to execute `isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' > *before* /etc/modules is read by the kernel (since the network driver cannot > do anything until isapnp configures the network card).
Hwei, can you turn your bios into a nice standard plug'n'play bios? Many BIOSes come with an option that reads "plug and play OS installed?" Be sure to set this to "no" (well, the machines I have seen like this to be No, YMMV) and the bios will take care of it all for you. You *DO* have to set it to YES to use windows95 or windows98 and (maybe?) windows 2000. > So when is /etc/modules read/executed?? Is it possible to arrange stuff in the > right order so that things happen in exactly this order: (1) isapnp executes, > (2) the network driver module loads (ie. /etc/modules loads); > (3) /etc/init.d/network runs and configures the network. sure, play with your rc.d directories. But will it keep your system usable? That I can't help you with. :) -- Seth Arnold | ICQ 3172483 | http://cswww.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ I prosecute unsolicited bulk emails, using the RealTime BlackHole List. You should too. Ask me how, or visit http://maps.vix.com/rbl/
