On Tue, 3 Nov 2020, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I tried to boot a Centos 8.2 install CD, > one burned with Centos-8-2-2004-x86_64-boot . > > In the setup, it persisted in telling me > that ethernet thing enp0s25 was disconnected. > Nyet. > 'Twas working several seconds previous and is working now. > This is a showstopper. > How do I debug it? I had the same thing happen in a VM. My interface was ens192, and this worked: # ==== %< ==== # get status of all network devices nmcli device status # look at all the settings for ens192 nmcli connection show ens192 # enable ens192 at boot time nmcli connection modify ens192 connection.autoconnect yes # start ens192 immediately nmcli connection up ens192 # ===== %< ==== Hope that helps. -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W