[elrepo] LAN driver install w/o network?

[James Bowery]

What utility is supposed to automatically configure ifconfig devices that
are present with driver accounted for?  The reason I ask is the following:

root at localhost ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 50:E5:49:2E:5E:FC
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:16

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 b)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)

[root at localhost ~]# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 b)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)

[root at localhost ~]# ifup eth0
/sbin/ifup: configuration for eth0 not found.
Usage: ifup <device name>
[root at localhost ~]#
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