On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:51 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> Clonezilla (especially with the drbl server) can do this pretty >> quickly over the network without having to juggle disks, but you end >> up with the same problem with the NICs - and in fact you will have it >> with any method of backing up and restoring on a different machine so >> it is something to consider even if you aren't cloning. On 5.x, >> kudzu would normally run on the new machine, rename all the >> NIC-related files and create new default dhcp-based copies. Not sure >> how 6.0 works in that respect. If it doesn't do it automatically, you > <snip> > We've gone to upgrading using rsync, and NICs are a problem. UDEV renames > the NICs - eth0 to eth2, eth1 to eth3, and so there are no ifcfg-eth? for > them. Removing the MAC fixes this, including down in > /etc/udev/rules.d//70-persistant-net.rules So how do you know which NIC is which then? Most of my boxes have 4 to 6 and they appear in random order (well, flipped in pairs by driver) on reboots without being anchored with MAC addresses? I need each one to keep the same IP and associated routes. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com