On Saturday 21 Apr 2007, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:58:31 +0100 > Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > When interfaces apparently appear out of nowhere, I suspect > > hotplug/udev, and in /etc/udev there is a script called > > > > persistent-net-generator.rules > > > > which in its comments says it is storing the created interfaces so > > that they stay the same across reboots. But I can't figure out how > > its supposed to work. Can someone explain what it is doing, and if > > so how I can tell if this is the cause of my problem. > > > > Thanks. > > The script persistent-net-generator.rules generates the > file /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. There you will see > how udev maps a hardware address to a logical interface name such as > eth0. Therefore you will need to swap around the names in that file > just as you have done in /etc/network/interfaces.
OK, that isn't causing my problem. Its just writing class eth0 or eth1 dependant on the MAC addresses - and those haven't changed. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
