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95c559c145c3db8e26ae4c0bb09af9193703f956 — Ludovic Courtès 11 years ago 3f11f01
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.
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M doc/guix.texi => doc/guix.texi +8 -2
@@ 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.