where in /etc is network driver problem?

[melanie9]

I'm running a fresh install of Debian Etch on a VIA CN700 motherboard. It's a clone of an older system of mine, which runs on a VIA Eden 5000. When I copy /etc from the older machine to the newer machine, everything works fine except the network driver.

The via-rhine module loads OK, but the interface is not found when I try to bring it up.

I'm using the freshly installed versions of /etc/module* and /etc/network* but that doesn't seem to be enough. What else do I need to bring over from the working /etc to the nonworking one to make it like my NIC??

Thank you!

[iwanabeguru]

I guess your udev configuration files makes the trouble. udev store the parameters of network adapters in the /etc/udev/rules.d/*-persistent-net.rules file. Edit this file and set the correct mac addres for your card.

# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules
# program, probably run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line.
# MAC addresses must be written in lowercase.

SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", NAME="eth0"

SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", NAME="eth1"

[melanie9]

Amazing, thanks so much!