Bug#246233: Lost network config after reboot

[Richard Lamont <richard@lamont.me.uk>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 27 April 2004, 
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-businesscard.iso

uname -a: Linux yellow 2.4.25-1-386 #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004 i686 
GNU/Linux

Date: 27 Apr

Method: Booted from sarge-i386-businesscard.iso on CDROM. Download from 
ftp.uk.debian.org

Machine: Generic homemade ATX PC
Processor: Athlon 1533 MHz / 133 MHz FSB.
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE0
Root Size/partition table: Approc 40 GB, 512 MB swap.
Output of lspci:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 
[KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 
AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super 
South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 
controller] (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 
(rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:0a.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0000:00:0a.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0000:00:0a.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 
[GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Reboot:                 [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

After reboot, had problems with tzconfig and ethernet.

tzconfig asked if hw clock set to GMT. It wasn't, but I wanted it to be. 
It didn't give me the option of changing hw clock to GMT.

Networking lost after reboot. No eth0 interface.


-- 
Richard Lamont
<richard@lamont.me.uk>