Re: How to change interface names back to the standard eth0 wlan0

[Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>]

Am 22.11.18 um 01:59 schrieb paul@gilbertson.biz:

> I would like to change network interface name from enxxx back to the
> normal eth0 and wlan0 for my Debian Stretch (9) live build. The method
> most given for changing the nic card name back to the old names is to
> edit the grub file in  /etc/default/grub with adding the following line
> to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0".  However, I don't
> have a grub file in my /etc/default folder.  I've read the manual and it
> doesn't say anything about grub.  Does anyone have an answer?

I think you're looking for syslinux/isolinux/pxelinux and the
corresponding configuration file (usually something named syslinux.cfg
or isolinux.cfg, or pxelinux.cfg/default).

Syslinux user here, net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 working fine for me.

-Stefan