ifcfg-eth0 not present in /etc/sysconfig/network

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Hi Linux Gurus,

am pretty new to linux and am doing a SLES 11 installation by a preconfigured autoinst.xml.

My basic need is to get my network up right after the installation. Ideally this should happen, but Isn’t.

Initially my networking tab in the autoinst.xml was:

<networking>

  • <interfaces config:type=“list”>
  • <interface>
    <bootproto>dhcp4</bootproto>
    <device>eth0</device>
    <startmode>auto</startmode>
    </interface>
    </interfaces>
    </networking>

After my installation i did not find the ifcfg-eth0 file.
I read many threads and modified the networking tab, still no use.

Intrestingly, when i create the config file through a simple echo script or manually, and do a network restart , my network is up. the only thing I include in the script is BOOTPROTO=‘dhcp4’ and STARTMODE=‘onboot’.

I thus tried to Create this file manually by putting my script in CHrooted region, Postscript region, it did not help.

I want to automate the full process, but am unable to.

I urgently need help on this issue, and also need to know as in why this occours?

the system am trying on is a Dell Optiplex 745, Broadcom gigabit controller.

Thanks to all in advance.

Navdeep Ahuja

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Unfortunatly for you this is the openSUSE Forums.
The SLES forums are at SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) - NOVELL FORUMS.

May be your fortune might come back a bit when someone here can help you nevertheless. This often happens when it is about general Unix/Linux problems. But when it is specific to SLES then better go to the SLES site. You have paid for it :wink: