MAC reconfiguration issues

From: Brian Troutwine (goofy_headed_punk_at_msn.com)
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: 9 Dec 2003 11:34:23 -0800

When I try to reconfigure my MAC address with

ifconfig eth0 hw ether [MAC] up

I get an error telling me that the device or service is busy. I
migrated over to Mandrake 9.2 from Redhat and never had this problem.
Can anyone help me resolve it?

I'm trying to connect to a university LAN and I have to change my MAC
address, as the card came from the factory straight zeros.

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