Why not edit the config files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts? Rename the two files to match the interfaces you want them to be, i.e. ifcfg-eth0 & ifcfg-eth1, and edit their contents to match the new file names. Then do a simple "service network restart" and they should be swapped around. HTH On 8/2/05, sudo Yang <sudoyang at gmail.com> wrote: > I've seen that as well, even with RedHat 9.0. With Linux, because > it's so configurable and flexible, I'm surprise there isn't an easy > way to do this. I could swap the cable on a few systems to do the > installation, but we have thousands of systems this is not feasible. > > Anyway, thank you for the response. At least I know I'm not alone :) > > > On 8/1/05, Jim Wildman <jim at rossberry.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, 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? > > > > > > > For real fun, add a PCI based dual port card. Then the first onboard > > NIC will probably be (but not for sure) eth2!!! > > > > The short answer is there is no guaranteed way. The long answer is you > > may be able to add module loading commands to the kernel invocation line > > in your kickstart file and get the old behavior. Does not work for all > > servers. > > > > I've got notes at work about it, but can't seem to find them from home. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim at rossberry.com http://www.rossberry.com > > "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best > > state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." > > Thomas Paine > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Kenneth Kalmer kenneth.kalmer at gmail.com Folding at home stats http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=kenneth%2Ekalmer