Anaconda multiple Ethernet cards question

Aioanei Rares schaiba at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 08:35:19 UTC 2009


Till Maas wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:20:59AM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
>   
>> On 09/21/2009 08:53 AM, nodata wrote:
>>     
>>> Am Montag, den 21.09.2009, 02:07 +0200 schrieb Benny Amorsen:
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> Aioanei Rares<schaiba at gmail.com>  writes:
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> I think it would be niftier if the identification string of the card
>>>>> was printed also (eg VIA Rhine III) so people would know what card to
>>>>> choose and how.
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> For extra points, add a "identify nic" button which blinks the LED's of
>>>> the appropriate nic.
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>> Doesn't the "identify" button in Anaconda already do this?
>>>
>>>    
>>>       
>> Yes, it does, but like I said, it only works if one has an Ethernet  
>> cable with signal coming from it plugged in.
>>     
>
> On my X41 thinkpad "ethtool -p eth0" works without any attached network cable
> to identify it. So it might be either a bug in anaconda or thr NIC might
> not be able to do this.
>
> Regards
> Till
>   
Both my NICs are capable of this as Debian is listing their names in the 
installer, so do the *BSDs.




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