On 09/19/2009 10:41 AM, RSCL Mumbai wrote: > When I restore a ghost image on another PC, MAC address defined in > ifcfg-eth0 does not match with the MAC address of the new PC and hence eth0 > does not start. > > Thats the problem area.
So, logically, there are two ways to do this, either exclude the MAC address before taking the ghost image or change/delete it after restoring. On fedora this is set in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* In any case, like jtd suggested, I too would recommend looking up High availability for linux. > > Thx > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:18 AM, jtd<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Friday 18 September 2009, RSCL Mumbai wrote: >> > Let me revise my question: >> > When mirroring a disc and deploying on another PC, is there any easy way >> to >> > manage MAC address conflict. >> >> mac addresses are unique. You will never have a conflict - unless you are >> building ethernet cards with same mac addresses. >> >> >> -- >> Rgds >> JTD >> -- >> http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
