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Subject: Re: set of ethernet adress on boot
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Moritz Fromwald <mfromwald@gmx.at> writes:

> Is it possible to set the ethernet adress automatically at boot time before 
> dhclient attempts to contact a DHCP?

Assuming your NIC's driver supports that functionality, yes.  
You just need to wedge it in before rc.network, or else don't use
rc.network to start DHCP, and do it yourself.