I have a new Fedora 3 server with a token ring network card.
I installed the card using the network configuration tool in Gnome.
The device I selected was "IBM olympic based token ring" adapter.
I then setup the static IP address, subnet and the other details, activate and save and all is well and the card is functioning fine. The server can be pinged and connected to using various ports and protocols.

When the server is rebooted, the token ring device 'tr0' is no longer there, so typing: ifconfig tr0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
reports device tr0 not found.

Once the server is up and running by recreating the card details in Gnome, a file appears: /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-tr0 but isn't there on reboot.

The file is also in: /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

Can anyone tell me why the device settings aren't permanently stored and where I can put them, to ensure they load at boot time? Also, the command line syntax to load the device driver would be helpful.

I thought they should be loaded from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit but maybe I'm wrong?

Many thanks in advance,

Usualy while you install a network card, - the doing it by hand method is to insert a line pertaining to the module of your network card in the /etc/modules.conf file.

Now I figure your card is automatically detected so you can skip that step.

while booted, see if your network is set to come up automatically.

# chkconfig network --list
If you see off in your run level, then turn it on by doing:
# chkconfig network on

Now restart the network
# service network restart

That should do the trick.

Thanks for the tips, I'll give them a go.