I posted this a second time with a little more information. I just did a Fedora 2 install on a IBM 600 laptop with PCMICA card. I set up my static network paramters correctly but I can not get out or even ping another box on my LAN. [root@libros root]# ping XXX.XXX.XXX.102 connect: Network is unreachable Here is the part of the boot log that I see on the network: Oct 6 21:01:46 libros network: Setting network parameters: succeeded Oct 6 21:01:51 libros rpcidmapd: rpc.idmapd startup succeeded Oct 6 21:01:52 libros pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services: Oct 6 21:01:52 libros pcmcia: cardmgr[1436]: no sockets found! Oct 6 21:01:52 libros pcmcia: done. The problem to me looks like a hardware issue. As the PCMICA card is not being seen. I think ... [root@libros root]# ifconfig eth0 eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found I am pretty good with Linux tools and command line stuff and figuring things out from man pages but in this case I have no clue where to start. During the install I did check off start network on boot. Can anyone PLEASE help. john -- ############################################# # John N. Alegre # Andante Systems # Web Hosting # Web Site Development # www.johnalegre.net ############################################# -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list