31008 – In the chapter "Final Network Configuration" it seems to be necessary to copy the net.eth0 script instead of just linking it with "ln -s" for multiple network cards.

Bug 31008 - In the chapter "Final Network Configuration" it seems to be necessary to copy the net.eth0 script instead of just linking it with "ln -s" for multiple network cards.

Summary: In the chapter "Final Network Configuration" it seems to be necessary to copy...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 29512

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

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Reported:	2003-10-12 20:36 UTC by franz
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description franz 2003-10-12 20:36:24 UTC

When i did what i was told to in the script:
   ln -s net.eth0 net.eth1
after reboot the system tried to set up eth0 a second time instead of setting up
eth1.

When i used:
   cp net.eth0 net.eth1
everything worked fine.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
see Details

Expected Results:  
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Perhaps i should mention that i was using the Virtual-Machine-Software VMware. I
did not test it with a real physical machine, but i don't think it matters in
this case.

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-12 21:38:24 UTC

Are you using a recent baselayout version? From version 1.8.6.10-r1 onwards,
support for symlinked net.ethX is explicitly added. If you are using such
a version, then this is a baselayout problem.

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-18 12:50:57 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29512 ***