On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 12:50 -0700, James D. Parra wrote:
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? ~~~~~~
sorry to disapoint, but ethtool is often not such a big help....
# ethtool eth4
Settings for eth4:
No data available
The ip-command is a bit better:
# ip link show eth4
6: eth4: