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I beleave I found the ethernet Wizard at: /etc/sbin/net-setup.sh, I need to run Auto_DHCP at the start of the rc.sysinit script to bring the network up so pup001 & usr_cram.fs. can be samba mounted, before all the errors from not finding them locally are hit.
It looks like the function: dhcpsetup() does the work, but I don't know how to call it properly to make it work.

The dhcpcd is inside usr_cram.fs so you cannot access it before mounting the fs partition.

What exactly are you tying to do?

I'm working on LanPup, I got John Murga's 128 special to lan boot because usr_cram.fs is inside image.gz.
I need to bring the network up before the local drives are searched, because there arn't any local drives.
Then pup001 & usr_cram.fs can be mounted on a server, this so normal Puppies will lan boot.
So copy dhcpcd into image.gz, but how to call net-setup.sh from a script to run Auto_DHCP?
I don't know if ifconfig is run when [Auto_DHCP] is pressed, or if the previous [Config. eth0] button does it.
Or copy the code to my script, but what to copy, to: eth0 up, dhcp request, restart eth0 with dhcp info?

rarsa, I found dhcpcd with ifconfig in the /sbin dir. in image.gz, so they're available at boot time.
I Googled for dhcpcd setup info, but nothing I found gave a simple script example.
I need the sequence of commands for dhcp request, & then ifconfig from the dhcp info.

I beleave I solved it, after MUCH MUCH Googling, I'm astonished to find that
it's so simple.
All that's required is to run the command: "dhcpcd"!
I couldn't beleave it was so simple, so I tried it & it worked.
It's a real drag reinventing the wheel 20 times a day, that's what friends are for, right?