Is it similar to the issue of fstab with label= vs /dev/dasd...
wrong device is being mounted?
Does this happened when one of NIC is "not available"?
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The purpose of those parameters are not to _set_ the MAC address. They
tell
the system which NIC is to be named eth0, versus eth1, etc. If you leave
them out, your interface names may change randomly. It doesn't happen
often, but it could happen.
Mark Post
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Eddie Chen
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:49 AM
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Subject: Setting the MAC-address
I am currently working with SuSE and RedHat linux. I notice that in
SuSE it uses ifcfg-MAC-address for the interface , where RedHat
it's in the file. What is the impact if I leave out the HWADDR or
MACADDR. I have 5 NIC ?
Does the SuSE's way of using ifcfg-mac-address prevents wrong IP address
being assign when an interface is down where there are multiple interface
?
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