Setting NIC to eth0/eth1

[Robert Dege]

In that case, you can probably pass them as kernel parameters at the lilo
prompt or something similar.

I'm not sure of the syntax, but that's the only other place that I can
think of to do that.

-Rob

> Also, I am hard-coding the drivers in (not loading as modules, so I
> don't think 'alias eth0 3c59x' etc will work)..
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Joe Bielli
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:48 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Setting NIC to eth0/eth1
>
> Does anybody know how to set which NIC becomes eth0/eth1 when the driver
> loads up? I know its kind of a trivial question, but I am developing a
> solution for a customer, and I notice that this time around, my NIC's
> have swapped. How can I set which one to be eth0 or eth1? If I boot to
> the old kernel, they are like they were. I'm sure some kernel params can
> be passed, but how can I compile it this way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Bielli
> Software Development
> Computer SOS, Inc.
> 1505 Cleveland Drive
> Buffalo, NY 14225
>
>



Dege

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