Thanks Jim, I'll have a look at those rules and see what I make of it. Regards, Bryce.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jim Cheetham > Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 1:42 p.m. > To: linux-users > Subject: Re: Ubuntu server: no network after restore to new hardware? > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Bryce Stenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: > > After restoring the only thing not going seems to be my > network connection. > > In my /etc/network/interfaces I still have the lines: > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Your new network interface is probably eth1, and eth0 is being > reserved for the old card, if it comes back. > > Udev rules are automatically created and stored; have a look in > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules for the old ones. > > If you are never going to re-introduce the old card, you can delete > the old rule ... probably there's a rule for the new card to be eth1 > in there by now. If you remove that as well, on a reboot the new card > will stay as eth0. > > Also, there's no reason it should be called 'eth0' or 'eth1' ... you > could call it anything, using those rules. > > -jim > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2646 - Release > Date: 01/26/10 20:46:00 > DISCLAIMER: If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply email, facsimile or collect telephone call to +64 3 9641200 and destroy the original. Please refer to full DISCLAIMER at http://www.hrnz.co.nz/eDisclaimer.htm
