On 12 April 2011 20:37, Robert Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/04/11 20:26, Glenn Cogle wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to replicate a Debian server, so I > > 1. did a minimal Debian install on the new server, using a different IP > address, then > 2. used rsync to copy /etc /opt /home /usr /lib /bin /sbin /var to new > server, then > 3. rebooted to see how clever I had been. > > But because the hardware is so different, the network interfaces on the new > server are not recognised. > > Is there a file (or files) that I shouldn't have copied forward? > > Can I go though all or part of the Debian installation again to fix the > NICs? > > i.e. what should I do different next time? > > gc > > I recently upgraded my mobo and cpu and all I had to do was edit > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > to put a # in front of the old network card line (eth0 for me) - you could > delete the line I suppose. > The new network card was then detected at next reboot and became the new > eth0 > > HTH > > -- > Regards, Robert > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Fisher > (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish)www.fisher.net.nz > Phone: 03 383 5807 > Mobile: 027 228 4698 > > > That worked perfectly! >
In my case it was /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. Next time I think I'll exclude the /etc/udev directory altogether. gc
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