We are running into the same problem when creating a proxmox appliance (± openvz template); To complicate matters we cannot modify /etc/init.d/networking by hand, because the machine is setup in a script.
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/377432 -- /var/run/network not created soon enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs