Bug#450605: install: Network card selection should show mac address

2007-11-08 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 08 November 2007, you wrote: > Thanks - I'm curious what there is to propose about it; just > printing the MAC address of the interface either next to or > as a 2nd line for each interface should do it - or is there something > harder about that which I'm missing? For one thing, limita

Bug#450605: install: Network card selection should show mac address

2007-11-08 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
* Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > It really should show the MAC address to let you distinguish which > > interface you intend to use; in my case I have a set of Dell PE 1955 > > blades where the ether card the BIOS sees as the f

Bug#450605: install: Network card selection should show mac address

2007-11-08 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 08 November 2007, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > It really should show the MAC address to let you distinguish which > interface you intend to use; in my case I have a set of Dell PE 1955 > blades where the ether card the BIOS sees as the first device is seen > as eth1 under Debian and

Bug#450605: install: Network card selection should show mac address

2007-11-08 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
Package: install Severity: normal When installing using a netinstall you are prompted to select a network card with a list like: eth0: Broadcom ... eth1: Broadcom .. It really should show the MAC address to let you distinguish which interface you intend to use; in my case I have a set