ethernet interfaces swapped around

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Why not edit the config files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts?

Rename the two files to match the interfaces you want them to be, i.e.
ifcfg-eth0 & ifcfg-eth1, and edit their contents to match the new file
names. Then do a simple "service network restart" and they should be
swapped around.

HTH

On 8/2/05, sudo Yang <sudoyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've seen that as well, even with RedHat 9.0.  With Linux, because
> it's so configurable and flexible, I'm surprise there isn't an easy
> way to do this.  I could swap the cable on a few systems to do the
> installation, but we have thousands of systems this is not feasible.
> 
> Anyway, thank you for the response.  At least I know I'm not alone :)
> 
> 
> On 8/1/05, Jim Wildman <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, sudo Yang wrote:
> >
> > > One of my systems have two onboard NICs which uses the e100 and e1000
> > > drivers (yes, the interfaces are not the same).  This system kickstart
> > > fine with CentOS 3.x.  I recently tried to rekick it with CentOS 4.x
> > > but was unsuccessful in doing so.  When kicking CentOS 4.1, the
> > > interfaces are swapped around, i.e. eth0 becomes eth1 and eth1 becomes
> > > eth0 (as described at
> > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104888957013124&w=2).
> > > Is there a way to fix the interface during kickstart?
> > >
> >
> > For real fun, add a PCI based dual port card.  Then the first onboard
> > NIC will probably be (but not for sure) eth2!!!
> >
> > The short answer is there is no guaranteed way.  The long answer is you
> > may be able to add module loading commands to the kernel invocation line
> > in your kickstart file and get the old behavior.  Does not work for all
> > servers.
> >
> > I've got notes at work about it, but can't seem to find them from home.
> >
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