Apologies for a second post on this theme, because it's critical and will require the machine to be reverted to an earlier version (all of which worked) if unsolved. I'm hoping a few more people have 9.1 on by now. I've never backed out a new SuSE version, and am not anxious to have to start now, so if anyone has a clue ... The machine, all hardware unchanged for many years and ultra-reliable, cannot find its Etherlink III card at boot after 9.1 install, here's part of /var/ log/boot.msg: Initializing random number generatordone <notice>exit status of (random isdn hotplug) is (0 0 0) <notice>start services (coldplug) coldplug scanning input: done scanning pci: ***.**Wdone scanning usb: done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .done <notice>exit status of (coldplug) is (0) <notice>start services (network) Setting up network interfaces: lo lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 done Waiting for mandatory devices: eth-id-00:50:da:3c:65:34 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 0 eth-id-00:50:da:3c:65:34 No interface found failed Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .failed <notice>exit status of (network) is (7) <notice>start services (syslog) Ifconfig of course can't see the card, and I can only get a network back by going into YaST and opening the network devices section, where the card is correctly described and configured. This alone, not changing anything, is enough to bring eth0 up. My question is essentially what has changed in this version of SuSE to break things, and how can they be fixed? -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk