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Re: change eth0 to eth2 on a multi-homed ultra 1



In article <[🔎] 1055228572.808.12.camel@zaphod> john@hedge.com.au writes:
>This comes under the heading of 'nice to have' so I wouldn't want anyone
>to break stride in answering this problem but maybe someone has trodden
>this path before!
>
>I have a multi-homed U1. 1 motherboard 10 base T nic (eth2; Lance) and
>two additional 100 base T nics (eth0 & eth1; both Happy Meal).
>
>I would like the 10 base T eth2 to be eth0. How do I achieve this small
>miracle, please? 

If the drivers are compiled as modules, just make sure to modprobe the
lance driver before the happymeal.  Alternativly, compile the lance
into the kernel and have happymeal be a modules.  Eather way, the
lance devices will have lower numbers than the happymeal.

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