On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 20:59, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 21:34, Price Technology wrote: > > I almost said "cart before the horse" > > > > I remember some discussion about this, but it's been eons and I don't > > recall the solution, if there was one. > > > > In the process of booting, Fedora tries to connect to the network before > > initializing pcmcia. Since I have a pc card NIC, this doesn't work very > > well. The NIC does ultimately get an IP and I'm on the network without > > any intervention on my part, it's just the long pause and the error as > > it times out during the boot sequence. > > > > Is there any way I can rearrange thing where pcmcia starts first, then > > the network, or can I hard code something that will at least shorten the > > timeout and / or eliminate the error message ?? > > > > Any tips or pointers to docs would be much helpful. > > > > Thanks > > > > Joebewan > > In the network config set it to NOT start the card on boot. When pcmcia > is started the card will magically (and unexpectedly) get started > anyway. > I like magic. I'll give that a try. Thanks Joebewan
