Bug#342498: more ethernet device order fun

[John Smith <netman1@home.nl>]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 19:58:21 -0500
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:

> Package: hw-detect
> Severity: normal
> 
> Installs on my ia64 from d-i daiy builds are ending up with eth0 being
> the device that does not have a cable on it (the tg3 card) and eth1
> being the device with link (the e100 card). This is the opposite load
> order that d-i uses and it means the network doesn't come up in the
> installed system since there is only an entry for eth0 in
> /etc/network/interfaces.
> 
> If I remove udev from the installed system, the modules are loaded in the
> same order as they are in d-i and everything works.
> 
> -- 
> see shy jo

Does, as a work around, the append kernel commandline parameter "netcfg/choose_interface=eth0" still work?

Sincerely,

Jan.