[Bug 1043936] [NEW] Biosdevname not installed in the target after server install

[Brad Figg]

Public bug reported:

I'm installing quantal from scratch on a Dell PowerEdge R310. When the
system finishes installing ifconfig -a thinks the interface names are
eth0 and eth1. The /etc/network/interfaces file thinks the name should
be em1. Upon initial boot, post install the interface does not come up.


cat /etc/network/interfaces 
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto em1
iface em1 inet dhcp


root at rizzo:~# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:a3:6a:22  
          inet addr:10.97.2.3  Bcast:10.97.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::d6ae:52ff:fea3:6a22/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18191 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4532 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:20872409 (20.8 MB)  TX bytes:663870 (663.8 KB)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:a3:6a:23  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1184 (1.1 KB)  TX bytes:1184 (1.1 KB)


root at rizzo:~# biosdevname -i eth0
em1

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

** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Biosdevname not installed in the target after server install

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm installing quantal from scratch on a Dell PowerEdge R310. When the
  system finishes installing ifconfig -a thinks the interface names are
  eth0 and eth1. The /etc/network/interfaces file thinks the name should
  be em1. Upon initial boot, post install the interface does not come
  up.

  
  cat /etc/network/interfaces 
  # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
  # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

  # The loopback network interface
  auto lo
  iface lo inet loopback

  # The primary network interface
  auto em1
  iface em1 inet dhcp

  
  root at rizzo:~# ifconfig -a
  eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:a3:6a:22  
            inet addr:10.97.2.3  Bcast:10.97.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
            inet6 addr: fe80::d6ae:52ff:fea3:6a22/64 Scope:Link
            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:18191 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:4532 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
            RX bytes:20872409 (20.8 MB)  TX bytes:663870 (663.8 KB)

  eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d4:ae:52:a3:6a:23  
            BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
            RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

  lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
            inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
            RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
            RX bytes:1184 (1.1 KB)  TX bytes:1184 (1.1 KB)


  root at rizzo:~# biosdevname -i eth0
  em1

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