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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ada4050b17..3930b96836 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3519,9 +3519,15 @@ To install the system, you would: @enumerate @item -Configure the network, by running @command{dhclient eth0} (to get an +Configure the network, by running @command{dhclient eno1} (to get an automatically assigned IP address from the wired network interface -controller), or using the @command{ifconfig} command. +controller@footnote{ +@c http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c#n20 +The name @code{eno1} is for the first on-board Ethernet controller. The +interface name for an Ethernet controller that is in the first slot of +the first PCI bus, for instance, would be @code{enp1s0}. Use +@command{ifconfig -a} to list all the available network interfaces.}), +or using the @command{ifconfig} command. The system automatically loads drivers for your network interface controllers. |