Bug#450605: install: Network card selection should show mac address
Package: install
Severity: normal
When installing using a netinstall you are prompted to select a network
card with a list like:
eth0: Broadcom .......
eth1: Broadcom ......
It really should show the MAC address to let you distinguish which
interface you intend to use; in my case I have a set of Dell PE 1955
blades where the ether card the BIOS sees as the first device is seen
as eth1 under Debian and I know the Mac address of the appropriate one.
Dave
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.3-bytemark-uml-2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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