[CentOS] A question about 7

[John R Pierce]

On 1/14/2014 5:55 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> I know the problem you mean, but doesn't the HWADDR setting in the
> ifcfg-ethX file fix the problem?  Doesn't that force "ifup eth0" to bind
> that file's settings to the right physical interface?
>
> In the old days, ifcfg-ethX didn't have HWADDR, so "first" was somewhat
> unpredictable, as you say.

that forces it to bind to the same interface.    but when you're doing a 
virgin install, its fairly unlikely you'll know what the MAC's are or 
which port it will pick to be eth0 and the setup will pick them fairly 
arbitrarily (bus enumeration order, typically)



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