Friday, October 30, 2020

Re: suggestion for the installer

On 10/29/20 3:38 PM, Nick Holland wrote:
> On 2020-10-29 08:00, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> do you think it would be possible for the installer to show
>> an eye-catching warning, if "ifconfig" reports "no carrier"
>> for the network port to configure?
>>
>> Just a suggestion, of course
>> Harri
>
> Why?

Because accidents happen. You plugin a cable in the left
socket and em0 turns out to be the right one. Imagine a
network appliance with ports labeled eth{1..8} instead
of eth{0..7}.

Sorry for asking

Harri

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