Ran some more tests. After noting the BIOS setup correlation, I replaced the BIOS battery and reflashed the the BIOS. This did not appear to have any effect.
I just tried creating a modprobe conf file with "alias eth0 e1000e". After a reboot the NIC was back and functioning. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072722 Title: 8086:294c Intel NIC driver e1000e not claiming HW To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1072722/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs