> Do the precisions have multiple NICs? the precisions have only their onboard NICs. the dimensions have 2 nics though, so my cds already specify ksdevice=eth0. > What is the NIC hardware in the Precision? Does its module take extended > debug flags which can be passed on the kernel command line? If so, you > may be able to see something in the output of dmesg, after getting far > enough to use the shell on Alt+F2. lspci identifies it as: 03:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) dmesg says: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 5.2.20-k1 passing the kernel debug flags, and seeing if that shows anything is an excellent idea. I'll try that this weekend. seph
