https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=398950 Summary: ipconfig in the initrd Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: RC 2 Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: hare@novell.com ReportedBy: lmuelle@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de CC: ml@goetel.net Found By: --- While trying to boot from iSCSI /bin/ipconfig tries to access a device named 'none'. server1:/boot/work/bin # ./ipconfig 172.31.1.101:::255.255.255.0:server1:eth0:none ipcfg=172.31.1.101:_::255.255.255.0:server1:eth0:none /sbin/ip addr add 172.31.1.101/0 dev none Cannot find device "none" /sbin/ip route add to default via 255.255.255.0 Might the script not consider to get more than one empty field? This happens in the case netsetup=1 and no default gateway is set. Using an underscore between the colons (:_:_:) works. server1:/boot/work/bin # ./ipconfig 172.31.1.101:_:_:255.255.255.0:server1:eth0:none ipcfg=172.31.1.101:_:_:255.255.255.0:server1:eth0:none Ignoring mode none, using static configuration /sbin/ip addr add 172.31.1.101/24 dev eth0 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.