Bug#408818: eth1

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 04-02-2007 om 14:58 schreef Phill Thorpe:
> Hi there de-buggers
>  
> Ive lost the bug report number. Im the guy
> that had the problem where the installer could
> only give me an ethernet connection when I ran with:
> install interface=eth1

That is #408818

> Anyway I reinstalled Deb and it worked correctly the
> second time. Could this be because there already 
> was a Debian OS installed the second time and the installer got the
> settings from the OS? 
> The first time I installed onto a blank hard drive.
> 
> I did put a couple of:
> set -x
> into the file ethdetect
> not sure if I put them in the right places or
> in fact Im not sure if the was the right file.
> 
> If anybody wants to give me clear instructions,
> or point me to a URL with clear instructions I will
> do it all again from a blank hard drive and see what 
> happens and what we can find out.
> 
> Anyway Im not particularly concerned about it now,
> as Ive got everything I want and thats a good operating system.

So it is up to you to reproduce what you have seen previous.

The clear instructions you asked are allready available,
just start the installer  :-)

Having a complete blank hard drive _could_ make a difference,
there are some files created during netcfg.

If you actual _can reproduce_ then file a new bugreport.
(this BR is allready closed)

> Thanks and regards
>               Phill.


Thank you
Geert Stappers