[LBo] Comparing 2 or more distributions

[Jisao]

Jim Westbrook wrote:
> 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
>
Yes, that's what I learned.  But somehow, Debian can get around that 
inconvenience.  I'm just curious to know how.

Jisao