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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-02-06 17:32:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-02-06 17:32:17 +0100 |
| commit | 95c559c145c3db8e26ae4c0bb09af9193703f956 (patch) | |
| tree | 557bb89ebe3bfed73c8cf94475a2a207e5dd4a26 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 3f11f01fa88f2fbdf46e05117b82909b1b224d28 (diff) | |
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doc: Provide a better illustration of Ethernet interface names.
Reported on #guix.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation)[USB Stick Installation]: Mention
"eno1" instead of "eth0" and give other examples.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
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. |