On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > > Debian Etch (both Host and Guest) > Xen > > > On cloning disk.img I suppose it also copies the MAC address of the > original image to the new image resulting in "ping hostname" unable to > find the new hostname. > > > Following is my test; > > # dd if=/vserver/domains/xen5.satimis.com/disk.img > of=/vserver/domains/xen6.satimis.com/disk.img bs=4k > > # dd if=/vserver/domains/xen5.satimis.com/swap.img > of=/vserver/domains/xen6.satimis.com/swap.img bs=4k > > > # xm list --long xen5.satimis.com > (domain > (domid 3) > (on_crash restart) > (uuid e1074e82-9bbc-8fcd-2e74-e6ab66a3017d) > (uuid 18904eab-6d22-da74-79f0-c86198a01e4a) > (script vif-bridge) > (ip 192.168.0.115) > (mac 00:16:3e:32:ab:e7) > (type netfront) > (backend 0) > ) > ) > # xm list --long xen6.satimis.com > (domain > (domid 2) > (on_crash restart) > (uuid 07a8b42b-acfd-ec79-ce19-83f843564db1) > (uuid bbc3e77d-e001-90f2-73f6-1d2a042c6e2b) > (script vif-bridge) > (ip 192.168.0.116) > (mac 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb) > (type netfront) > (backend 0) > > MAC Address > > xen5.satimis.com :- > (mac 00:16:3e:32:ab:e7) > > > xen6.satimis.com > (mac 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb) > > > # nano /etc/network/interfaces > making following change > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.116 = mac 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb > gateway 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > Remark:- > > Also tried; > address 192.168.0.116 = MAC of mac 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb > address 192.168.0.116 = 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb > address 192.168.0.116 = MAC of 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb > > > None of them worked. > > > # /etc/init.d/networking restart > Reconfiguring network interfaces...=: Host name lookup failure > ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information. > Failed to bring up eth0. > done. > > > # ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:0A:C0:FB > inet addr:192.168.0.116 Bcast:192.168.0.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe0a:c0fb/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:3154 (3.0 KiB) TX bytes:3138 (3.0 KiB) > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > > Please advise how to fix the problem. TIA > > > B.R. > Stephen L
To change or set the mac address in /etc/network/interfaces the syntax is: hwaddress ether 00:16:3e:0a:c0:fb But, you really shouldn't have to do this in xen, xen should take care of that for you and present the mac address to your vm. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]