I'm modifying the bf24 ramdisk so it brings up dhcp networking and sshd right away. It seems like some invocation of /etc/dhclient-script should bring up the network, but not sure what or what preparation is done first. I can't find any clues in /usr/lib/debootstrap for what is done to bring the network up. I'll be able to manage adjusting inittab to chain these actions together with sshd Anyone know? Sam