We have some Lenovo T61p laptops that we are running SL 5.0 on.
I configure /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 with a static IP address.  I am not 
putting in the MAC information on purpose.  
I reboot and the configuration works fine.  
In the production environment we have, one laptop is used to produce the 
installations for all the laptops.  The drives are then installed in 
different laptops.
When the new laptop is booted it looks like kudzu conceders the Ethernet 
chip to be a new device since the MAC address is different, so, kudzu 
messes up the Ethernet configuration.
Is there an option to keep kudzu from changing Ethernet configurations or 
do I just need to disable it?
If I disable kudzu, will hot plug items like a USB device still work?
Thanks