My shiny new Beowulf  3.0.0 install on an Intel NUC skipped ethernet
stuff, perhaps because the ethernet cable wasn't inserted at the time?

Now, I can start hacking /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hosts,
resolv.conf,
etc., but will that reveal so much missing that I'm better off doing
another
install with the LAN plugged in? Heck, are there kernel modules
missing?

Erik