[LBo] Comparing 2 or more distributions

[Jim Westbrook]

Jisao wrote:

>
> I know that Debian recognizes and uses my lan chip as eth1 and give me 
> no hassles, whereas other distros recognize it as eth0 and will not 
> get the network working after a Windows boot.  I have to do a very 
> cold reboot for the network to work.
>
>
It's not the Linux distro that's giving you the problem.  It's having 
booted into Winblows first.  A warm boot (restart) from all versions of 
Windows prior to Vista (I don't know on that one) does not jump to the 
same point in the bootstrap code as a cold start.  The result is that 
not all hardware is fully reset.  A full shutdown and cold start are 
necessary to clear the hardware.

JimW