My biggest concern is that I wonder if the PC card ethernet port will hang at home with no network cable attached and no DHCP server responding to it. Any idea if this will be a problem?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fedyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:37 PM Subject: Re: hardware profiles? > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:30:11PM -0400, Matt Pepper wrote: > > Hi - > > > > I have a Dell laptop I am endeavoring to put Debian on however I have a > > query I'd like to get answered first. Does anyone know if there is a way of > > handling multiple hardware profiles in Debian similar to the concept within > > Windows? I ask because when I am at home I have the laptop docked which > > means not only the PCMCIA ethernet port is present but also an ethernet card > > within the port replicator is present. When I am at work only the PCMCIA > > ethernet port is available. Does anyone see any problem with this? Any way > > to handle the two configurations gracefully? > > > I can think of one if you like kernel modules: > > Note: I don't know pcmcia-cs > > Write a script that switches the /etc/modules files based on detecting the > docking port from whatever /proc file shows it. It really won't hurt > anything to have both loaded... Do you want to change other things based on > being un/docked? Do you use dhcp in both instances, what exactly do you > want to change based on the hardware available. In your example, you'll > have ethernet on both... > > Mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
