Am 12.10.2018 um 17:09 schrieb Steffen Grunewald: > Hi, > > I've learned that I may "fix" the device interface names using a rules file > in /etc/udev/rules.d, to avoid susprises after the installation. > While adding some special parameters to the kernel command line didn't work, > udev does its job reliably outside of FAI. > What I still haven't found is which magic FAI uses to avoid the renaming > to "predictable network interface names" (a term that's completely misleading > to me as I'm unable to predict the network names if I'm given a brand-new > machine). Thomas, can you shed some light on this? > My plan is to read the (old-style) interface names assigned by FAI, then > create a $target/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file from that > information. Is there a hidden trap? When is it best to write that file? > > Thanks, > Steffen Hello,
probably not exactly what you were asking, but you can turn off "predictable network interface names" by adding "net.ifnames=0" to the kernel command line, e.g. in /etc/default/grub (add it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT). Bye, Andreas