On Tue, 3 Sep 2013, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 02:02:08PM +0100, Steve Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> You don't actually need hwaddr in your ifcfg-* files -- though it's
>>> probably not a bad thing to have the MAC in there. [As Scott pointed out,
>>> it's all about what udev has in its rules.]
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You also have to look at /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>>>>
>>
>> I am using "centos 5" and it seems the "udev" cam in with e16 ... So can't
>> go that way..
>
> Cursory googling indicates that you can create the file (and directories if
> needed). The line in there would read something like
>
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
> ATTR{address}=="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
> NAME="eth0"
>
> with XX:XX etc being the hardware address. It's all on one line and
> quotation marks are used as shown.
>
> All this is untested by me on CentOS 5.x
Thanks Scott, I do have a test machine I can try it on, so I will see what
happens with your suggestion.. Thanks, Steve
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