On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 08:33:13AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 18/01/13 07:24 AM, viv...@gmail.com wrote: > > Since for servers predictable names are useful and for desktop > > (which usually have only one ethernet that never change) Is it > > possible to set desktop profiles to still use ethX, and base > > profile to use new naming scheme? > > > > For wireless situation may be different, many of them are > > external, could wireless be managed differently? > > > > In short, no. At least, not unless the functionality that is > currently a configure-time thing is changed into a > build-time/install-time thing controlled via a use flag.
Actually,this is how I set you up by dropping the file in /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules. Nothing changes on your system unless you remove this file and do not have 70-persistent-net.rules. William
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