Re: network interface not starting on reboot

[akonstam trinity edu]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:00:13PM -0500, MW Mike Weiner (5028) wrote:
> This is odd, i have 125 FC2 servers being racked and stacked today in my
> data center, and interestingly enough it seems eth0 is failing to start
> on bootup. I checked the following:
>  
> /etc/modprobe.com (alias eth0 e100, is present)
> /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig (stanza for the e100/eth0 device is present)
> /etc/sysconfig/network (set to start on reboot)
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/eth0 (exists)
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (exists and in correct format
> as far as I can tell)
>  
> and it just refuses to start on a reboot. Is there a fairly simple fix?
> I am trying to fix these remotely, so i dont have console access at the
> moment. I can however, get to the back interface (eth1) on a reboot, so
> i CAN still get to the box, but i need both to come up on a restart.
>  

Let me ask a possibly stupid question. You say:
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (exists and in correct
format", Does it contain: ONBOOT=yes
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