How can I prevent udevd from renaming eth0 to em1

[JD]

On 10/16/2012 01:17 PM, sirdeiu wrote:
>
> I just edited 71-biosdevname.rules in /lib/udev/rules.d, where line 15 
> contains:
>
> *GOTO="netdevicename_end"*
>
> Basically just uncomment it like the instruction above it said.
>
> Then all my NIC's are named ethX. Also name them accordingly in your 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX files.
>
> This was the best approach for me.
>
> PS: Might change on an update of biosdevname or whatever creates that 
> rules file.
>
>
I have no such file on my fc16 system, because I deleted the biosdevname 
package.
What a useless package that does  not solve anything, but creates new 
problems
for everyone.