rhel4 detects NICs in reverse on a 2950

[G-man]

On 9/6/2006, "Todd Lyons" <tlyons at ivenue.com> wrote:
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>Post production:
> Xacto Knife and super glue. Swap the labels on the case exterior.
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>Pre production:
> Adjust the printer.
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>Seriously though, what about setting the MAC address in the
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* files isn't considered a fix?

Bios says NIC labeled "1" is NIC1, kernel says NIC labeled "2" is
NIC1. For one or two boxes I can reset the HWADDR variable.  But if I
need to image many 2950/1950(?)s ,  I'd prefer it to work  out of the
box or a way to detect the sitution during installation (redhat
kickstart) and not affect installation on other types of hardware..

Its annoying to find  inconsistences between different generation
platforms from a single vendor. We moved away from generic boxes for
that reason.  The transition from 2600 series to 2800 series was simple
and hassle free.

I should try the "IPAPPEND 2" option w/ PXE to see if that works.

"fixed" would be when the BIOS and kernel agree that NIC labeled X is
NICX and NIC labeled Y is NICY.