=== On Tue, 11/16, Joseph wrote: === > Anyhow, "dmesg |grep eth" shows: > forcedeth 0000:00:14.0 ifname eth0, PHY OUI addr. 00:17:31:83:a1:53 > udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 > > Any idea why is it renaming network interface? > I have forcedeth loaded in the kernel but it is not bringing it up :-(
=== The system maps MAC addresses to device names, to try to keep the ordering consistent. The fix, when you change NICs, is: # rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Then reboot. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =====================================================================
