Re: no eth0 connection
On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:08:12 -0400 (EDT), Brian wrote:
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> On Mon 31 Mar 2014 at 20:47:56 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> Did you do anything that might have changed a MAC address? Like changing
>> PC card Ethernet adapters, for example? Or replacing a motherboard that
>> has a built-in Ethernet adapter? The correspondence between
>> MAC addresses and interface names is controlled by
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. You may need to edit this file
>> and change MAC addresses.
>
> Deleting the file is quicker and less hassle. It is rewritten at the
> next boot.
That used to be true, but it isn't anymore. The file no longer gets
re-created during boot for newer Debian systems. I just verified this
for my jessie system, and I'm pretty sure that wheezy works the same
way. That is one reason why I recommend editing the file instead of
deleting it.
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