RHEL4 U5 and NICs order/naming

[Sam Folk-Williams]

Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> wolf2k5 wrote:
> <snip>
>> After some investigation, it turned out that the new kernel changed
>> the NICs order/naming, e.g. what was eth0 with the U4 kernel became
>> eth1 with the U5 kernel and so on.
> <snip>
>> How can we prevent this from happening again when applying a new
>> kernel?
> 

Hi,

This kbase article should help with preventing this on the effected systems.

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_46_10460.shtm

Thanks,
Sam
> [login at machine ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | grep
> HWADDR
> HWADDR=00:50:BF:XX:XX:XX
> 
> I believe that ties the config to the network card with that MAC
> address...
> 
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