[Bug 1679400] [NEW] [udev] initrd xenial doesn't include biosdevname

[JulienPrigent]

Public bug reported:

The former version of ubuntu-installer (14.04) included an initrd.gz
with the biosdevname binary and 71-biosdevname.rules for udev.

Since 16.04, there is no more biosdevname traces in the ubuntu-installer.
That induce a different name for network card (e.g eno1 instead of em1) during installing phase.

It is a backward compatibility issue for preseed and post-installation
scripts as they become  deprecated (even with the same hardware).

Futhermore, if you installed biosdevname on the fresh install, your
network card will fall back to the old 14.04 (em1) scheme... That's
really disruptive when one want to automatize and deploy at scale.

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: biosdevname em1 eno1 initrd udev xenial

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Title:
  [udev] initrd xenial doesn't include biosdevname

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The former version of ubuntu-installer (14.04) included an initrd.gz
  with the biosdevname binary and 71-biosdevname.rules for udev.

  Since 16.04, there is no more biosdevname traces in the ubuntu-installer.
  That induce a different name for network card (e.g eno1 instead of em1) during installing phase.

  It is a backward compatibility issue for preseed and post-installation
  scripts as they become  deprecated (even with the same hardware).

  Futhermore, if you installed biosdevname on the fresh install, your
  network card will fall back to the old 14.04 (em1) scheme... That's
  really disruptive when one want to automatize and deploy at scale.

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