[GRLUG] Hardware changes

[Michael Mol]

Does the configuration process involve loading driver modules?
Compare a before and after lsmod.

On 7/13/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> udev.  I see a directory called
> "network-scripts,"  and in there
> are ifcfg-eth0  and ifcfg-eth1.
>
> In both scripts I see "ONBOOT=yes,"
> which is suggestive,  but not what's
> happening.  The boot output shows
> "FAILED" when it comes to the
> Ethernet devices.
>
> Using the "configure your system"
> feature,  hardware is detected,  and
> then configured.  i.e.,  it works after
> I do all this.  So there is something
> not being done in the boot process.
>
>     -Bob
>
>
> On 7/13/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you running HAL or udev?  Both can run scripts when they detect hardware.
> >
> > On 7/13/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The scenario is that I set up Linux
> > > on one machine,  and later move the hard
> > > drive to another,  with a different set
> > > of hardware.  Mostly this worked just
> > > fine.  A tweak here and there.
> > >
> > > The one snag has been the Ethernet
> > > ports.  Each time I boot up I have to
> > > go through the same routine of running
> > > a config script to set one of them up
> > > again.
> > >
> > > How do I get the appropriate files updated
> > > now,  as they would be during a first install,
> > > so the configuration is there again the
> > > next time I boot,  and the Ethernet ports
> > > function?
> > >
> > >   -Bob
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