Re: Couple of quetsions HD perf, mac address...

[Benjamin Budts <benjamin.budts-rJAIWvhRp0CZIoH1IeqzKA@public.gmane.org>]

Gregory Haskins wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 11:43 +0200, Benjamin Budts wrote:
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>> 3* When I specify a mac address for my debian virtual machine eth0 
>> changes to eth3 ... very very weird... it's not that bad, i just changed 
>> my interfaces config file from eth0 to eth3, but it's a bit weird
>>     
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> Many linux distros support persistent naming these days.  Therefore,
> there is some record that in the past eth0 had mac X.  Now it that sees
> an interface with mac Y, it assumes its a new interface and renames it
> something unique.
>
> I am assuming this is the behavior you are seeing.
>
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Aah that would explain why i'm having eth3... I started it up 2 or 3 
times with another mac as well, so he cached it probably like you said...

thx for that !


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>> My windows xp seems to boot without a problem when specifying another 
>> mac addr
>>
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> Out of curiosity, does Windows rename it to "Local Connection 2" (etc)
> when you change the mac addr?
>
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No it's not changed from Local connection --> Local connection 2 ...
>> Did you guys have that problem  yet ? How can I fix it please ?
>>     
>
> If its the problem I am describing, do a google search for where debian
> maintains its persistence data and blow it away (or adjust the record
> for eth0 to have your new mac)
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Any clues about the HD performance, do you notice the same behaviour ?

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