On Friday 28 August 2015 10:32:15 Ric Moore wrote: > On 08/28/2015 08:39 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 27 August 2015 19:01:32 Chris Bannister wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:58:03PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > >>> Le nonidi 9 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Renaud OLGIATI a écrit : > >>>> An added advantage is that on the day you replace your Ethernet > >>>> NIC because it was fried by lightning, and put a new one in its > >>>> stead, your network config will be buggered as the system will > >>>> givethe new NICt a name different from the one assigned to the > >>>> old one, since it will have a different MAC address.., > >>> > >>> Indeed, after two hours fiddling with firmwares hoping this is a > >>> software problem, then cables and hubs to find where the problem > >>> exactly is, then one hour and a half riding the subway to the > >>> other side of town where the shops that have discrete network > >>> cards nowadays are, and finally after you ruined six months uptime > >>> to shutdown and install the newly-bought card, editing a small > >>> config file is really the straw that broke the camel's back. > >> > >> Honestly, I don't think it's that bad. > > > > Chris, what happened to your sense of humour? ;-) This isn't like > > you! > > From my own experience, if you replace a network card, udev will > automagically name it /dev/eth +1 so eth0 becomes eth1. I'm using eth1 > right now. Bugs the hell out of me but the network works, :) Ric
Thats nothing Ric, while looking for a machine to run my new mill, I moved the hard drive with the installed cnc running release to a different box several times, so it is now using eth5. I know how to fix it now, but have been lost in the search for my round tuit. I have a machine broke down ATM, but should have it back running in another day or so. Yes, its a certified PITA and needs fixed by debian or the maintainer. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
