networking "restart" drops eth0 :(

[Derek Broughton]

David wrote:

> 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).
> 
> 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.

It really _shouldn't_ but I expect the hardware detection in the installer
didn't recognize your motherboard ethernet correctly.
-- 
derek