Ok I found my solution. in 75-persistent-net-generator.rules file, there is a line that ignore all vmware mac address range : ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00:0c:29:*|00:50:56:*", ENV{MATCHADDR}="" I commented that line and now the 70-persistent-net.rules is recreated on reboot. 2009/3/12 Nilshar <nilshar@xxxxxxxxx>: > So any idea why the file is not recreated ? > Any more info I can provide ? > > 2009/3/10 Marco d'Itri <md@xxxxxxxx>: >> On Mar 10, Nilshar <nilshar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> so, if I got 3 interfaces with the same driver (pcnet32), udev will >>> think it's not needed and will not recreate the file ? >> No, there is some other reason which prevents its creation. >> >>> Is there a way to force udev to create it ? >> No. >> >> -- >> ciao, >> Marco >> > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html