I have recently installed RH6.1 on my notebook, with no X (yay!). I have 2 problems with it:-

1) When it boots up, the PCMCIA service starts...OK then it comes up with 'delaying eth0 initialisation'. In /etc/pcmcia/config, it has a list of supported cards and mine - d-link de-660 is included (amongst about 100 others). How can I tell if it's actually recognising the card properly? How can I link it to eth0?

The floppy drive is bust on the notebook (can read, can't write), so a network card is essential!!! I created a ifcfg-eth0 file in /etc/sysconfig using ifcfg-lo as a template- except with correct IP's.

If I manually start ifcfg eth0 up I still get the same problem. :-/

2) When I issue a Shutdown Now command from the shell, it shuts down and I get a $BASH prompt. Any number of quit, exit, shutdown commands don't seem to work and I end up powering off the laptop. How can I shut down (i.e. power off) the laptop without frying the HD every time, cos at some point I'm going to do some damage to the data. :(