On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:33:04 -0500 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marko Vojinovic writes: > > > Maybe the OP can enlighten me *why* does he need MAC-oriented naming > > scheme so badly? Just curious... :-) > > This is how the network devices were configured originally, by > whatever component was used to install whatever Fedora release was > initially installed on this machine. I don't remember which one it > was, but that must've been how ifcfg-* was set up some time ago, by > whatever version of Anaconda was in effect at that time. > > I don't see the big hassle with binding network interfaces by MAC > addresses. It's not like I replace NIC cards every week. Not necessarily the NIC itself. But moving the hard drive from a dead box to a new box will have the same effect. This is done more often, I guess. Also, have you ever built a cluster? Typically, you install and configure everything on one system, and then push the harddrive image to all other (headless) nodes. Once the whole thing boots, you find out that all config files for all NICs are wrong (since MAC addresses will be different), and you have no network access to any of the nodes... On a 100-node cluster this can be a very big pain. Though I admit that building a three-digit-node cluster is not an "every week" thing either. :-) Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
