networking "restart" drops eth0 :(

[David]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:22:59AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> David wrote:
> 
> > Just a bit more on this (just for the archive) -
> > 
> > Hoary Desktop puts  "auto eth0" in the interfaces file, but for some
> > reason Hoary Server does not. That's why I've never had a problem before,
> > but it's a curious distinction.
> 
> It should be in the hardware detection.  You generally don't use "auto" for
> a pcmcia/cardbus/usb NIC - those will be handled by hotplug/pcmcia-cs.  You
> might use "auto" for a PCI NIC (I don't - I use ifplugd for that).
> -- 
> derek


I'm currently using a motherboard ethernet in the new server (hoary 
doesn't configure auto eth0), but a pci on the old desktop (hoary 
configures auto eth0). Perhaps that could explain the difference.