Richard Reina wrote: > If it's as simple as sticking the MAC address into the ifcfg-eth file, > I can live with that. But only ifcfg script that exits in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ is ifcfg-lo > > I have no idea what k3wl is. Script-kiddie speak. 3 == e. I was being sarcastic (about the fedora developers). > > Thanks for the replies. There should be *something*. Sounds like something's missing in the network part of your install. mark > > > 2012/8/9, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Scott Robbins wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 12:33:43PM -0500, Richard Reina wrote: >>>> I have just installed 6.3 on a machine that was previously running >>>> 5.8. Under 5.8 eth0 was eth0. Now with 6.3 /sbin/ifconfig gives me lo, >>>> wlan0 and p4p1 (instead of eth0). I would like to make the ethernet a >>>> static IP as I intend to for this to be machine used on my LAN only. >>>> However, when I do /usr/sbin/setup -> Network Configuration the device >>>> is not listed. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can >>>> fix it. Or if not how I can set a static and persistent IP address for >>>> the ethernet? >>> >>> >>> Well...... >>> >>> I tend to agree with the slashdot commentator who called it >>> overcomplicated and unnecessary. It's another idea from >> >> Yup. The difference between that, and sticking the MAC address into a >> simple, existing config file is, oh, that's right, it's k3wl. >> >>> Fedora, the theory, IIRC, was that this way, devices would always have >>> the >>> same name, whereas under the method that has been used device names >>> could >>> change on a reboot. (Haven't experienced that myself, but dunno). >> >> I have. Putting the MAC address into ifcfg-eth? fixes it. >> >> <method elided> >> >> EXCEPT that in 6.x, you really need to edit >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules, too, or take the MAC out of >> ifcfg-eth?, since it needs to be in 70-blahblah. >> >> mark >> >> >>> >>> If you google Fedora biosdevname you'll come across various >>> explanations. >>> To change it back once the thing's been installed, I've always >>> done it by first rpm -e biosdevname, then editing >>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-whatever, changing the device >>> name in there to eth0, changing the name of the file, e.g, ifcfg-p4p1 >>> to >>> ifcfg-eth0 and >>> restarting. I haven't gotten it working by just restarting networking, >>> but at any rate, if you >>> know you don't want it during installation, you can add biosdevname=0 >>> to >>> the command line. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Robbins >>> PGP keyID EB3467D6 >>> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) >>> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 >>> >>> Spike: Should I really trust you? >>> Adam: Scout's honor. >>> Spike: You were a Boy Scout? >>> Adam: Parts of me. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos