On 4 November 2010 16:10, Brian Long <bril...@cisco.com> wrote: > In order to get away from hard-coding HW MAC addresses in the ifcfg-ethX > files, udev generates a file in > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules the first time a machine boots. > > If you move hardware around or clone a VM, it's a good idea to remove > that file and reboot. I'm sure there's a better udev way to do it, but > I'm not sure. > > You can just edit that file, it's easy enough to remove old (dead) NICs and re-name them as you see fit. Note that HWADDR is still in /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-ethN so you'll need to update that as well. The HWADDR there is primarily for sanity checking the configuration but I seem to recall it's used for something else as well.
jch
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