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

[Giuseppe Sacco <eppesuigoccas@libero.it>]

Yes, you should put the configuration in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
and then it will be load when the card is inserted or during boot.

Ciao,
Giuseppe

Il Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:01:25AM -0800, Matt Kraai ha scritto:
> 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