"eth0: pcnet32 device eth0 does not seem to be present", ¡but it is!

Hello all

I am having a problem here and I don't know how to handle it.

I removed the Ethernet  virtual NIC in a VM, and later added it again. The problem seems to be  vmserver adding it as eth1, whereas my linux OS (Mandriva) is configured with eth0.

As a result I have to reconfigure the network (not a difficult task, but annoying).

I tried removing the virtual NIC in vmserver, and adding it again to no avail.

When I restart the network  (/etc/init.d/network restart ) this is the message I receive

"Activando interfaz eth0: pcnet32 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization"

and instead I get a fully functional eth1 interface.

But this is the output of dmesg | grep eth0

"eth0: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A"

Any clue?

Thanks