There are a lot of other solutions to that. The Ububuntu one I favored in the 8....

e1ven on Feb 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Eth0 no more?

There are a lot of other solutions to that. The Ububuntu one I favored in the 8.x era was /etc/iftab, it's a shame they retired it in favor of udev.

While udev is more universal, iftab felt elegant and unixy.