On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 04:14:19PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 18 December 2005 15:34, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > In article <[🔎] 200512180956.49492.avbidder@fortytwo.ch> you wrote: > > > I hope this will be solved soon! > > use nameif. > This has been suggested before but AIUI nameif has problems/limitations > renaming eth0. > The correct solution seems to be to use udev rewriting rules to make sure > interfaces keep their name. > We will work on implementing this in Debian Installer before the next beta > release. Both Ubuntu and Marco d'Itri have offered to help with that. > For existing users we should make sure this issue will be documented in > the Release Notes for Etch. I'm filing a bug against release-notes as a > reminder. Is there some reason we should be unable to provide a smooth upgrade path for users of sarge? Having your network devices scramble themselves on reboot is a Big Deal, whether or not it's in the release notes. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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