IT WORKS !!!!!!!!! The LCS saga comes to an end. ----------- Mark wrote --------------------- Ah, I forgot the Red Hat initrd doesn't include a ping command. At this point, though, I would suspect that if you try to ping the installation system from somewhere else, that it will likely respond. ---------------------------------------------- I am able to logon in after manually bringing eth0 up per Mark's instructions. Which raises the question as to why it isn't happening automatically. But now onto the next phase - loader. But before I start that, I would like to express my appreciation for this forum with special thanks to those that responded to my issues and they are Florian, Mark, Sergey, Maciek, Jay, and Rob. Perhaps some day soon I can become a "giver' as well as a "taker" on this listserv. Something that may expedite that would be a good Linux technical guide; somewhere between a GIM and a technical reference. A rough analogy in the MVS arena might be the Sysprog's Init & Tuning Guide. Any suggestions are welcome and direct email is OK. And thanks again........ Larry
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