Dan Ritter wrote: > Steve Keller wrote: > > I plan to upgrade a server from Debian stretch to buster. Having read > > the release notes I wonder what's the best way to avoid the new scheme > > of unpredictable network interface names. > > In /etc/default/grub, assuming that you are booting with grub, > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet net.ifnames=0" > > The "quiet" is not necessary and is a different feature.
The success of this method on my 5-nic router may be related to not using systemd. Also, an update-grub will be necessary. -dsr-