Re: [Trinux-talk] Loading pcmcia NIC from IDE drive

[Bill B. <bi...@ap...>]

To get an ip address at boot, make a file in tux/config/ with the same
name as your interface (like eth0) and put the ip and netmask on a
single line in the file (like "10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0").  I would advise
making sure the file ends in a newline (sorry if that's obvious).

On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 15:03, Karl Sigler wrote:
> o.k., there's got to be an easier way to do what I'm
> trying. I have a laptop with a 3com pcmcia NIC in it.
> It has an NTFS partition that I'm using to load
> packages (C:/trinux).
> 
> The pcmcia boot disk works great with no tweaking. It
> loads the modules fine and I've been able to both
> assign a static IP to the NIC as well as use dhcp.
> 
> Using the IDE boot disk sees the NTFS partition fine
> and loads packages without problem. I tried putting
> the pcmcia-bin, -coremods, and -3com files in bootpkg,
> but they wouldn't load. I moved them up to just the
> c:/trinux dir, added them to the end of config/pkglist
> and they load fine. I should say they extract fine. 
> 
> In order to load the modules I added the following to
> the /init/last script:
> 
> insmod pcmcia_bin
> insmod pcmcia_coremods
> insmod pcmcia_3com
> cardmgr
> 
> This actually works, but the NIC never receives an IP
> addr. By tweaking /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I can
> assign it one, but the changes don't keep from boot to
> boot. I'm sure I'm taking the long way around the
> mountain. Can anyone point me to the short-cut?
> 
> Thanks. BTW, This distrib is saving my life. I have a
> company issued laptop with one flat partition. Tech
> support is scared of linux and won't let me modify
> anything. I teach security as part of my job and need
> things like dsniff, hping2, nmap and netcat. If I can
> get this NIC issue ironed out, I won't have to lug two
> laptops from city to city.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> K.

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	Bill Burdick
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