[CentOS] ethernet interfaces swapped around

[Doug Zeman]

you can use netdevice=(eth*) and/or ksdevice=(eth*) in the kernel 
command line when kickstarting....  you can also set the MAC in 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* to whatever port you want...
... thanks

- doug

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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?
> 
> Unfortunately, because we have so many different types of systems,
> simply swapping the cables is not a good idea because it complicates
> management.
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