Subject: Re: [vserver] Too many network devices inside guest?
From: ben@bristolwireless.net
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:16:22 +0000

Quoting "Gerhard Mehsel" <sparking@gmx.net>:

> Hello all,
>
> so I get stuck again I don't know if it's a problem of me or a bug  
> or whatever, sorry for that.
> I installed the vmlinuz-2.6.30-vserver-686 from here:  
> http://zbla.net/debian and ran into several problems (one old guest  
> not starting anymore, creating a new guest succeded but network  
> problem again...disappearing ethernet dev's on the host..."RTNETLINK  
> answers: File exists"  and so on).
>
> Can  someone provide me a  sample build command for my situation, please?
>
>
> On my host there are following dev's with IP  
> adresses/broadcats/gateway/netmask configured and working:
>
> eth0  --> this is for the host only (sshd)
> eth0:0
> eth0:2
> eth0:3
> eth0:4
> eth0:5
>

In case you are not aware, it's perfectly possible to have each guest  
using eth0, there is no need to separate with eth0:0 eth0:1 interfaces.

Cheers,
==
 From Ben Green