On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 11:42 -0600, Jason Joines wrote:
Seems modprobe.conf has replaced modules.conf and says to make changes in modprobe.conf.local. I tried adding "alias eth0 e100" (the NIC that should be eth0 is an Intel using e100 and the one that should be eth1 is a BroadCom using something else) as the only line in modprobe.conf.local but that did not work. The first couple of lines in modprobe.conf are "install eth0 /bin/true" and "install eth1 /bin/true". I've read the modprobe.conf man page but still have not idea what those lines are doing and there are no "alias eth0 ..." or "alias eth1 ..." lines anywhere.
What does "install eth0 /bin/true" do and how can I specify which NIC gets eth0 and which gets eth1?
Jason Joines
I got lucky. Since updating my firewall from 8.2 to 9.2, the interfaces just lined up like I wanted. Have you tried commenting those "install eth? /bin/true" lines out of modprobe.conf, hopefully letting your "alias ..." lines in modprobe.conf.local do their magic? Regards, dk