From 1386da395f498a174b639b798e979b726dcf776b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Woods Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 01:05:41 -0400 Subject: docs g41: mention custom MAC address is needed --- diff --git a/docs/libreboot.texi b/docs/libreboot.texi index 2946c04..de1fa80 100644 --- a/docs/libreboot.texi +++ b/docs/libreboot.texi @@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ IDE on the board is untested, but it might be possible to use a SATA HDD using a Read this post on the libreboot mailing list for more information: @uref{https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-dev/2015-12/msg00011.html,https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-dev/2015-12/msg00011.html} +NOTE: by default, a working MAC address is not always set automatically. You need to set a MAC address manually in your GNU/Linux distribution. +On debian-based systems (e.g. Trisquel), you can add this to your /etc/network/interfaces file for your NIC: hwaddress ether macaddressgoeshere + @strong{NOTE: This board is unsupported in libreboot 20150518. To use it in libreboot, for now, you must build for it from source using the libreboot git repository.} Flashing instructions can be found at @ref{How to update/install,flashrom}. -- cgit v0.9.1