eth<from hell> where is it storing old mac address refs?

[Sergey Semenyuk]

Hi,

can you check the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network. There should be a 
bunch file files named ifcfg-eth-xxxxx.x, cleaning some of them can 
resolve your issue.

Sergey

tleslie wrote:
> i cloned a linux flash appliance (fw/vpn)
> and when i put the flash cart. in the new system, which is identical
> except for the mac address on the net cards,
> the linux then labels eth3 eth4 eth5  the net ports,
> and i move it to another machine and
> then its eth6 eth7 eth8
>
> i'd like it to just go virgin again and label them eth0 eth1 eth2
>
> I am grep'ing all over the place for the mac numbers of the new and old
> interfaces, assuming that somewhere linux has stored these, and when it
> find new interfaces it is indexing the eth?? under the assumption maybe
> someone is plugging cards in and out and one doesnt want to lose old
> ip/mac assignments or soemthing.
>
> anyone know where linux keeps MAC id's ?
> I am using SUSE10.1
> but if someone has a similar story and fix for any distro,
> it would probably be useful.
>
> I can deal with the new assignments if i have to , but i have configs in
> OpenSwan (klips) that ref the eth##'s and in general for this cloning to
> be as effortless as possible, i'd like the install to forget about the
> old Mac address of interfaces it will never see again.
>
> -tl
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