On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:48:49PM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I guess the "better way" is to read (and digest) whatever udev doc is > > available and run enough tests, possibly with differenty hardware, and > > get an in-depth understanding of how it really works. > > I understand just fine how it works: when the network interface is > discovered (typically at boot), udev is asked to choose a name for > that interface. And /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules > then saves the result as a new rule in > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules that associates that > interface's MAC address with the name that was chosen. > There are 2 consequences: > 1- next time this interface is found, the same name will be used (good). > 2- when another interface is found, another name will be chosen: not so > good, when you use your install on many different machines, since then > each machine's interface will get a different interface name, even > though they'll never be present at the same time. > > So I use a boot-time rule which erases > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules so the name is chosen anew > each time (and will basically always be eth0). > > Same for the cdrom drive names.
Crystal-clear. Thanks for doing my homework for me :-) CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
