Bug#343674: [arm] Installation report - etch beta1 on netwinder
* Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org> [2005-12-24 17:46]:
> A couple of comments regarding todays netboot install: it mostly went
> smoothly apart for two things. First, Linux ethernet device numbering does
> not match that of the firmware (eth0 in firmware becomes eth1 in linux and
> vice versa). So if one chooses eth0 as the default network interface
> during installation, it is neccessary to switch the cable to a different
> port to have a functional network.
Yes, this is a known issue, it also happened with sarge. It's a long
story, but the short answer is that it's not easy to avoid this
problem with 2.4. It should be possible with 2.6 and udev, though.
I'll look into this when we have a working 2.6 image (or a firmware
that can boot the 2.6 image, or whatever the problem is with 2.6 on
Netwinder at the moment...).
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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