# dmesg | grep eth
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd800, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a4, IRQ 12
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xdc00, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a3, IRQ 10
eth1:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth2: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe000, 00:40:f4:d8:41:a2, IRQ 11
eth2:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'

At that point, eth0 works properly but:

# ifconfig eth1 up
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

# ifconfig eth2 up
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

# cat /etc/network/interfaces | grep -v "#"


auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.1.201
  gateway 192.168.1.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp



auto eth2
iface eth2 inet static
  address 192.168.103.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0


# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,10000> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
5: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop 
    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
6: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:40:f4:d8:41:a4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.201/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::240:f4ff:fed8:41a4/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:40:f4:d8:41:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: eth4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:40:f4:d8:41:a2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff