Lucian Stroe wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> I see that almost nobody answer me concerning my Ethernet card which is not
> recognized by SL 4.0; after discussing with a colleague, we concluded that
> the real problem could be another one. In fact, my colleague have the
> opposite problem than me - his Mandrake does not find the wireless card,
> while it finds  the Ethernet. So, we believe that at the installation it
> searches for the available cards and it stops after finding the first one.
> This first one seems to be the card which is on the motherboard (for me the
> wireless, for him the Ethernet).
> 
> I realize this is not a SL-specific question, but I ask your help anyway:
> how to force Linux to go ahead after finding the first network card, and to
> search for a second one?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lucian Stroe.



Have a look at /etc/sysconfig/hwconf text file, to see if your card is mentioned there. 
This is the database file used by kudzu (a service which should be enabled to run on start 
up).