[GRLUG] Hardware changes

[Michael Mol]

(Sorry about not responding sooner)

If the 3c59x driver isn't loaded until after you run the configuration
software, then it's not getting loaded on bootup.  I would bet that's
why the script can't find the hardware.

For Mandriva, I'm not sure how to force the module to load during
bootup, outside of compiling it into the kernel.  Is that an option?

On 7/13/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> During boot I see something called "forcedeth,"
> and then the statement that the hardware does
> not seem to be present.
>
> Something's not meshing.  Whatever detects
> the hardware does not seem to execute during
> boot,  but must run during install,  and also
> using the manual effort later on.
>
>    -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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