Re: [PLUG] Where are My Network Cards?

[Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com>]

Personally, I wouldn't delete the file. I'd just comment the lines in there that reference the old MAC addresses.

On November 2, 2014 7:53:36 PM EST, Casey Bralla <maillist@NerdWorld.org> wrote:
>So to fix this, I would reinstall the new cards, delete the existing
>file
>/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, and allow it to be
>automatically
>regenerated on the next boot?
>
>
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:45:55 -0500, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
>> Specifically (probably):
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
>> 
>> That one has bitten me so many times...usually when messing with VMs,
>> but sometimes this way too.
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/02/2014 07:40 PM, Carl Johnson wrote:
>>> check your udev rules.
>>> 
>>> On November 2, 2014 7:36:40 PM EST, Casey Bralla
>>> <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
>>>> Another one of these blindingly simple problems that has me
>stumped.
>>>>
>>>> I'm upgrading my network infrastructure to gigabit eithernet.   So
>I
>>>> bought 3 
>>>> gigabit eithernet cards for my old P3 box that runs a 3-interface
>>>> firewall 
>>>> under a stock Debian 7.x wheezy system.   I__should__ have been
>able
>to
>>>> simply 
>>>> swap out the cards, but alas, it was not to be.
>>>>
>>>> When I installed the 3 new cards, NONE of the my old eth0, eth1, or
>>>> eth2 
>>>> interfaces appeared.   Oddly, I see that they are created in the
>dmesg
>>>> output, 
>>>> but when I type Ifconfig, only the local interface is present.
>>>>
>>>> Swapping back the original cards brings the normal eth0, eth1, &
>eth2 
>>>> interfaces back as expected.
>>>>
>>>> Debian has not started the logical (but sometimes confusing)
>renaming
>>>> process 
>>>> for network interfaces like Gentoo has, so I thought this change
>would
>>>> be 
>>>> painless.   
>>>>
>>>> Obviously, I'm missing something... and its probably something
>obvious.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can somebody point me in the right direction?
>>>>
>>>> TIA!
>> 
>> Later,
>> JP
>>
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