On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:06:51 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:34:32 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > 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. > > Yes, if the motherboard contains a built-in network interface, as > many of them do, then replacing the motherboard has the same effect > on network interface name assignments as if you had replaced a NIC > card. The built-in network interface has a different MAC address than > the old one, and that's how udev assigns interface names: by MAC > address. You can get rid of your home-made udev rule. This can also > occur if you (1) move the hard drive from one machine to another, (2) > backup from one computer and restore to another, etc. It seems that > everyone gets burned by this at least once. But once you find the > solution, you never forget it. > lol, that's for sure ! 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/20110331193940.51a24...@windy.deldotd.com
