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On Wednesday 09 May 2007 02:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: |
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> I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). |
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> Works great. |
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> I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I |
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> edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the |
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> new VM, my networking fails. (I changed nothing inside the linux VM). |
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> ifconfig eth0 says: |
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> eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
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Check for other devices. udev now establishes persistent network device names |
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based on MAC address (unless you add some of your own rules). It's very |
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likely that the MAC address of the virtual device changed, and the "new" |
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device is eth1 (or higher). |
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This isn't really Gentoo specific. It's bit me on at least 2 other distros as |
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well. (Mainly due to the network cards in one of my systems being "broken" |
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so that the MAC is randomized by the kernel on each boot.) |
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This new behavior is odd to me, but in the long run I think it'll improve |
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usability of Linux in general. |
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