Hi David, under SLES10 this can be achieved by modifying 30-net_persistent_names.rules under /etc/udev/rules.d.
Under SLES 9 you can use persistent names in a different manner, for example: g73lpar4:/etc/sysconfig/network # cat ifcfg-qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.f500 BOOTPROTO='static' UNIQUE='' STARTMODE='onboot' IPADDR='10.0.1.105' MTU='1492' NETMASK='255.255.0.0' PERSISTENT_NAME='intranet1' Now you can use intranet1 like ethx, for example ifconfig intranet1 ........ The persistent name can be anything except ethx. Since you are using z/VM you could also use the same addresses for the network devices on all guests, for example: att 1150 to guest1 as f000 att 1250 to guets1 as f100 att 1350 to guest1 as f300 att 1151 to guest2 as f000 att 1251 to guets2 as f100 att 1351 to guest2 as f300 f000 will be eth0, f1000 will be eth1 etc. Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards Horst Hartmann Horst Hartmann Linux on System z System Performance Evaluation D3235 Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: ++49-(0)7031-16-4255 Fax: ++49-(0)7031-16-3456 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter Geschäftsführung: Herbert Kircher Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
