Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Dan Ritter wrote: 
> Steve Keller wrote: 
> > I plan to upgrade a server from	Debian stretch to buster.  Having read
> > the release notes I wonder what's the best way to avoid the new scheme
> > of unpredictable network interface names.
> 
> In /etc/default/grub, assuming that you are booting with grub, 
> 
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet net.ifnames=0"
> 
> The "quiet" is not necessary and is a different feature.

The success of this method on my 5-nic router may be related to
not using systemd.

Also, an update-grub will be necessary.

-dsr-