[Bug 891258] Re: Biosdevname auto enabled on Dell HW

[James M. Leddy]

** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Biosdevname auto enabled on Dell HW

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  New
Status in “biosdevname” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “biosdevname” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu server *only* the Ubuntu installer needs to automatically
  determine if  the system being installed is a Dell "PowerEdge" server
  and if so, biosdevname gets enabled by default.  If not, biosdevname
  is not used.  One option is to use 'dmidecode -s system-product-name'
  to detect this.

  Additionally, there should be a manual bypass of biosdevname by
  passing biodevname=0 to the boot prompt.

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