[ubuntu-uk] Re : Re : Running From USB

[Matthew Daubney]

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 14:10 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 19 May 2010 14:05, Tony Travis <a.travis at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I've been plugging a 'persistent' live USB stick into lots of different
> > computers too and one problem I've encountered is that "udev" creates a
> > new 'eth' device and remembers it for every NIC it encounters. You can
> > avoid this behaviour by zapping the redundant entries in:
> >
> >   /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> >
> 
> Interestingly I don't see that happen at all on my install. I guess
> because it's a "proper" install rather than a live USB key.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

I get this on "proper" installs too. I have one lying around that goes
up to eth50 I think. Keep meaning to add a shutdown script to blat that
file.

-Matt Daubney