None of the nics have addresses yet and I am running in Rescue mode. Using 'ifup eth0', for example shows 'no configuration found' and 'ip addr' still shows 'state DOWN'.
What I am trying to accomplish is; from the rescue mode on the DVD, on a computer that has multiple nics with only one of the nics cabled to the network and none of the nics set up with an IP address (since I don't know which of the several eth* devices is actually connected to the network), use a command that can give some result that reveals which eth* device has some network activity so I can assign an address to that specific eth* device.
The answer is ethtool - if it's not available on the rescue CD, maybe copy it over via a USB stick? ~~~~~~ Well, this was an interesting exercise and I appreciate all of your responses. Perhaps 'ethtool' will be included in the next Suse 11.* release within the rescue mode. Many thanks again, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org