On Wed 26 Apr 2017 at 07:17:11 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/25/2017 08:17 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >On 04/24/2017 04:12 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > >>On 24/04/17 22:58, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>If there were user accessible registers with a running total of > >>>uploaded/downloaded data since device power on would be almost ideal > >>>granularity. > >> > >>Is ifconfig available on a console during installation? > > > >I can not check at the moment. > > I attempted to check this morning using > debian-stretch-DI-rc3-i386-netinst.iso > > I did an install using expert mode, not selecting any GUI. > At several points during the install I did Alt-F2 to bring up a terminal to > attempt running ifconfig. > > "Command not found" was the uniform response. > I booted the new install and attempted as root to run ifconfig. > I again got "Command not found". > That seemed odd. > > Having previously done an install using the same ISO and having selected the > MATE desktop, I repeated the above with the same error. > > I have no problem running ifconfig under Squeeze (8.6.0). > > Is it "bug" or "operator error"?
Let us see how a reasonably experienced user could have investigated the cause. The package which provides ifconfig can be found from 'dpkg -S' on a machine which has it. Or from the packages page on the Debian web site, The ISO can be opened up (I use mc) and the /pool/main directory entered. Go to "n". See it? No? Not a bug, then. -- Brian.
