Scott Robbins wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 01:22:49PM -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: >> On Apr 19, 2012, at 11:25, Scott Robbins wrote: >> >> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming >> >> Removing the biosdevname RPM sounds promising, and I'll test it with a >> kickstart install this afternoon. However, what's the best way to fix >> existing systems? If I just remove the biosdevname RPM and reboot, I >> don't think that eth0 will come up, as there is no ifcfg-eth0 script. >> Do I have to rename the ifcfg-em1 script and fix the DEVICE name inside >> the file? Or is there a way to regenerate the ifcfg-eth0 file from the >> command line? >> > > What I do is this for an existing one. > > I change /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-whatever to ifcfg-eth0 (or > whatever it might be, e.g., eth0 and eth1). > > Then, in the file itself, I edit the necessary line. (I think it's just > one line, I don't have one here to look at, but IIRC, it's just the one > line that uses pc1p1 or em1 or whatever, and I change that to, for > example, eth0). > > The other lines in the file should be fine--the ones referring to > hardware address, IP, and so on. > > As mentioned, I rename the file. One then removes the biosdevname > package. I've never gotten it working without a reboot--service network > restart doesn't work for me--on the other hand, I think I've only run > into it with Fedora so far. And with all of that, do *not* forget to edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules mark