predefine interfaces by MAC with udev?
Greetings,
Well what about trying to use the boot param ip from tftp, then for
each server just specify as you want.
http://live.debian.net/other/manpages/live-initramfs.7.html
Hope this helps.
On Feb 7, 2008 5:00 AM, Chris Fanning <christopher.fanning at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to boot diskless servers that have two network interfaces.
>
> We boot from one interface (dhcpd/MAC), but when initramfs kicks in,
> udev (isn't it?) sets the interface names and then (often) the boots
> process fails becuase it's looking for the filesystem on the wrong
> interface.
>
> We can't use the MAC as an option for 'ifconfig' or 'ip add add', so
> we need to change something with udev, right?
>
> KERNEL=="eth*", SYSFS{address}=="00:12:34:fe:dc:ba", NAME="eth0"
> KERNEL=="eth*", SYSFS{address}=="00:56:78:98:76:54", NAME="eth1"
>
> I've looked around the scripts but nothing as jumped out at me.
>
> What would you do?
>
> Thanks.
> Chris.
>
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