In RHEL/CentOS 5 this was handled by /etc/modprobe.conf.
Now in RHEL/CentOS 6 this is now handled by udev. The file that controls everything is
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules An example of how this file looks is shown below:-
# PCI device 0x14e4:0x164c (bnx2) (custom name provided by external tool) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?", ATTR{address}=="00:19:b9:f2:d4:f7", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth", NAME="eth1" # PCI device 0x8086:0x10d6 (igb) (custom name provided by external tool) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?", ATTR{address}=="00:1b:21:0c:2a:70", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth", NAME="eth2" # PCI device 0x8086:0x10d6 (igb) (custom name provided by external tool) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?
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Not as easy as the title suggests, what a surprise!
Before I went and overwrote the existing OS on the Mac Pro, I downloaded the CentOS 5 live CD to see whether it worked. There were good signs from this wikipedia article. First thing is how to get the Mac Pro to boot from the CD:-
1. Turn on the Mac Pro 2. Hold down the left button on the mouse 3.
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