thanks a million, that was it ... never heard of this udev before (learn something new every day)
you da man! thanks -tl On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 22:46 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > tleslie wrote: > > i cloned a linux flash appliance (fw/vpn) > > and when i put the flash cart. in the new system, which is identical > > except for the mac address on the net cards, > > the linux then labels eth3 eth4 eth5 the net ports, > > and i move it to another machine and > > then its eth6 eth7 eth8 > > > Check /etc/udev/rules.d/30-net_persistent_names. I don't know if what > you want is possible, since they are new interfaces, unless the old ones > are deleted upon removal. > > -- > Joe Morris > Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]