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Introduction to Linux Installation
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation
Installing RHEL From Distribution Media
Installing and Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Introduction to Installing SLES From Distribution Media
How to Install SLES From Distribution Media
Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE Installation
How to Copy Files from the Tools and Drivers CD
How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server
How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server
How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP Server
How to Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server Daemon
How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server
How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux
Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux
How to Install RHEL and SUSE Linux From a PXE Server
Booting From OS Distribution Media
How to Boot From OS Media Locally
How to Boot From OS Distribution Media or ISO File Remotely
Preliminary Tasks Before Installing An OS
Accessing the Server Output During Installation
How to Configure the Serial Port
How to Erase Your Boot Hard Disk
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
RHEL - How to Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names While Installing the OS
When you are configuring the SUSE Linux OS while installing it, you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names (MAC addresses) of the network interfaces.
This section explains how to launch a user shell during the SUSE Linux OS configuration to obtain the logical and physical network interface names that you need to continue with the configuration.
Before You Begin
Find and record the MAC addresses of all your physical ports from their labels.
The message Loading Linux Kernel appears followed by the SUSE splash screen, then the Choose a Keyboard Map screen appears.
The user shell launches and the Rescue Login prompt appears.
The Rescue prompt appears.
# ifconfig -a
The output of the Linux SUSE named and physical named network interfaces appear. See the following sample output as an example.
If you have multiple network interfaces and the output of interfaces scrolls off the top of the screen, you can display the output per interface.
# ifconfig eth#
where eth# is the interface number. For example, if you type:
# ifconfig eth0
The output for eth0 appears:
In the sample output above:
You will need to refer to this record when configuring the network interfaces during the Linux SUSE OS installation.