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@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", BUS=="<replaceable>pci</replaceable>", KERNELS=
NAME="<replaceable>intel</replaceable>"</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Udev has installed a rule_generator rules file that uses MAC
+ addresses, not bus positions. Rules generated by this file will conflict
+ with the rules you just created, so delete the file:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>rm /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</userinput></screen>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>You will also have to remember to create a new bus-position-based
+ rule each time you plug in an additional network card. In a MAC address
+ based persistence scheme, the rule_generator rules file would do this
+ automatically.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>Regardless of which method you use, these rules will always rename
the network cards to <quote>realtek</quote> and <quote>intel</quote>,
independently of the original numbering provided by the kernel (i.e.: the