[CentOS] Using eth0 on desktops with single network interface

Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 03:24:01PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Scott Robbins wrote:
>> >
>> > 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).
>> >
> <snip>
>>
>> And with all of that, do *not* forget to edit
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>
> Thank you Mark.  As I think I've said, I only did it on Fedora, and
> interestingly enough, it doesn't have that file.  (Or any
> persistent-net.rules in rules.d)

Yeah. I've had more than enough times of "it's not getting on the
network... oh, it's eth4 or eth6 or...."

         mark