[CentOS] centso 5 modifying my ifcfg-eth[x] files

Fri Apr 20 13:17:25 UTC 2007
Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de>

Jerry Geis wrote:
> Only thing to add here is the network card does work, however I
> get a dmesg output that eth1 has an invalid MAC address.

Asus mainboard? 

> Is that invalid MAC address changing my setup? I dont think it should.
> granted I'm still looking at finding a way to reset he MAC address or
> something but I dont think the ifcfg-eth files should be modified.

The random address is different from the one which is in ifcfg-eth* from
installation. 

> This seems like a bug- that is the reason for the post.

Yes. Googling around hints at this being a BIOS bug. Also see
<http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1949>.

Cheers,

Ralph
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