On Thu, 2025-05-08 at 23:13 +1200, Andrew Ruthven wrote: > use ethX as systemd refuses to rename things to ethX now. And can't > use enoX > for a similar reason.
you can use (in trixie) the ethX schema with a kernel command-line parameter, in debian under /etc/default/grub: --snip-- GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0" --snap-- lead to: --snip-- 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp0s18 altname ens18 altname enx005056b3d957 --snap-- Cheers, Volker > After a system is built the first time, we add the, ahem, udev file, > to our > FAI profile so on a rebuild we get consistent interface naming. I'll > switch > to systemd.link at some point in time. > > > Cheers, > Andrew >