Bug#408818: d-i: needing parameter interface=eth0

[Phill Thorpe <phill@pacific.net.au>]

On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 17:31 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 29-01-2007 om 01:29 schreef Phill Thorpe:
> > phill:/home/phill# lspci -nn
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: 
> > 00:00.1 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:00.2 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:00.3 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:00.4 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:00.7 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]:
> > 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]:
> > 00:0b.2 Multimedia controller [0480]:
> > 00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]:
> > 00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]:
> > 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]:
> > 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]:
> > 00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]:
> > 00:10.4 USB Controller [0c03]:
> > 00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]:
> > 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]:
> > 00:11.7 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 7c)
> > 00:13.0 PCI bridge [0604]:
> > 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]:
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
> > 02:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]:
> > 02:00.1 PCI bridge [0604]:
> > 
> > Comments/Problem:
> > Only problem that I had was my nic wasnt detected, so I rebooted and 
> > used: 
> > install interface=eth1
> > after that everything went absolutely perfect!
> 
> Okay, but I wonder where eth0 went.
> Does you computer have a FireWire interface?
> ( FireWire is also known as IEEE 1394 )
> 
Yes I wonder that as well, i did try eth0 first to
no avail. There is no FireWire.
> 
> > Maybe you could mention that interface parameter 
> > somewhere(if you havent) because I have read
> > threads where people thought their nic was not compatible,
> > maybe they just needed that info.
> 
> 
> You have encountered a hardware detection problem that
> has not yet reported before.
> 
> (other installs don't need the interface= parameter)
Ok
> 
> 
> 
> Was this the first Linux install on this new hardware?
> How went the other Linux installs?
No I have in the past two weeks installed Slamd64(64 bit Slackware
www.slamd64.com) Which I love because I have been using Slackware for
about 3 or four years. The install went well.
latest Ubuntu 64 bit which detected my nic
latest Gentoo which didnt detect my nic and I found the install process
so rediculous that I didnt continue trying.
Fedora Core 6 which did detect my nic but its update process has
problems that I dont like. 

> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers

regards
    Phill Thorpe.