On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:36:12 +0000 Bob Cox <debian-u...@lists.bobcox.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:26:34 -0600, Ron Johnson (ron.l.john...@cox.net) > wrote: > > > On 12/09/08 11:22, Micha Feigin wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> i have 4 network interfaces in my machine all using the e1000e driver. > >> > >> Can I be assured that they are all numbered consistently on each boot (i.e > >> that the same card is always eth0) or if not, is there a way to force it? > > > > Yes. Look in: > > > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > I tried using this one and it works mostly. The problem is that I start one of the interfaces at boot to have nfs root enabled and it doesn't seem that this works to change the name of the already configured interface. Is there a way to bypass this or is there something wrong with my files? > One way is with ifrename [1] which is maybe just a convenient front-end > to Ron's suggestion. > etc is mounted read only (via nfs), and I don't know if that is the cause but it complains that iftab is missing. > [1] # aptitude install ifrename > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ifrename > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
