[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#125683: boot-floppies: pcmcia/eth0 network not restarted after initial reboot



On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 09:12:11AM -0500, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote:
> During the base system install the pcmcia network is detected and the
> network brought up via dhcp.
> 
> After the initial reboot, the network does not come up.
> 
> It can be brought (after creating a root account) by issuing the
> dhclient command, however /etc/network/interfaces contains no eth0
> line, so this will just be a temporary fix.
> 
> The "fix" seems to be to update /etc/network/interfaces to contain the
> lines
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> at the initial base install

I thought PCMCIA had its own method for handling network
configuration, which didn't go through /etc/network/interfaces.
Does anyone know the details?

Matt

Attachment: pgpwJkgCz7cDA.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: