VMWare Ubuntu copy can’t find network

Dave Bryson - daveb - November 25, 2008

Problem

You created an Ubuntu VMWare appliance and copied to another location.  When booting up the copy the network interfaces are not recognized. Well really you only get the local interface.

Solution

The problem is the mac address is different than the one in the vmx file. Quick fix is to simply delete the file:

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net-rules

in the original OS *before* copying it. So delete the file, shutdown the OS, then copy it over.  On the first boot in the copy, Ubuntu will generate the file above with the correct mac address and all should be working.



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