eth0 again

[Thomas Cameron]

On 07/20/2014 08:08 PM, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 20:55:46 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:51:27 +0000 (UTC)
>> Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>>
>>> This is degenerating in an off-topic discussion. The question is how to
>>> rename the network device back to eth0. Let's focus.
>>
>> At this point, "use the source, Luke" appears to be the only option :-(
>>
>> I see on my system in dmesg output this string:
>>
>> [    4.173161] systemd-udevd[420]: renamed network interface eth0 to em1
>>
> 
> Oh, crap, I have that too:
> 
> [root at phoenix ~]# dmesg | grep -i udev
> [    1.400371] systemd-udevd[196]: starting version 208
> [    2.059372] systemd-udevd[203]: renamed network interface eth0 to em1
> [   10.486478] systemd-udevd[385]: starting version 208
> 
> It's doing exactly the opposite of what I want. 
> 
> 

Have you tried this?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-rename-ethernet-devices-named-using-udev/