On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:00:05 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:37:57 -0400 (EDT), David Goodenough wrote: > > have a look at /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. This file > > tries to make sure that network adapters are always named in the > > same way in whatever order they are started. The problem comes > > when you replace a network adapter. To get the system to accept > > the new adapter as the original simply remove this file and > > reboot. Udev will then recreate the file using the now installed > > adapters. > > That works fine on machines that have only one network adapter (not > counting lo). But if your machine has more than one network adapter, > it is a good idea to rename the file, rather than erase it. Make > sure the new version of the file does not end in .rules, so that it > won't take effect. After a shutdown and reboot, a new version > of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules will be generated. You > can then compare the old version of the file with the new version of > the file and figure out which MAC address was replaced with which MAC > address. Then, edit the old version of the file and change the old > MAC address to the new MAC address. Save the changes, exit the > editor, erase the new version of the file (the one you didn't edit), > rename the old version of the file to the production name, shutdown > and reboot. The new network adapter will now have the interface name > of the old adapter. > Thanks to everyone who responded ! That explains everything. I changed motherboards out from under the system. So it appended the new eth to the old ones. It seems to me that this is a really ugly user trap, even if it's a trap you get into replacing the old motherboard. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110331073432.7823f...@windy.deldotd.com
