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RE: [rhelv5-list] Persistent naming for eth devices

Gerrard Geldenhuis

2008-03-14

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>
> > If I build a 1000 servers will
> > they all build with the same interface eth0 and eth2? If it is
random
> > for normal boot then I don't believe it will be any other way for
> > building. I am also not keen on hand editing a large amount of
servers
> > to fix this.
>
> There's no need to hand-edit. If your hardware platform is the same
> across 1,000 servers and you're always loading the same RHEL release,
> the Ethernet devices should be enumerated in the same order during
> installation. Assuming you like that order, leave the HWADDR lines
> alone.
>

What confuses me is why would they be enumerated in the same way when
building but not during normal startup?

Regards


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