stosss wrote: > Not complaining just trying to learn. > > It appears from googling that LFS is the only Linux OS that uses the > ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 and all other Linux systems uses ifcfg-eth0. I am > asking to try to get understanding of why the difference.
That's just the way we chose to do it. There are many ways. > I am also > asking because I have been googling trying to find a solution to my > other thread about networks in VirtualBox. I was searching because I > was comparing my other VMs to see if I could figure out how they got > set up right and what exactly was in the config files for those distro > VMs. You must not have the right driver for the VM's ethernet card. You should get a response to: dmesg | grep eth0 For my system, I get: [ 2.361362] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:25:64:38:ec:dd [ 2.361799] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection [ 2.362082] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 8, PHY: 8, PBA No: 2021ff-0ff [ 7.466648] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 9.390761] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX [ 9.391202] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO [ 9.391947] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 19.677009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present Try an lsmod on one of your other VMs to see what driver it is using. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
