PS = Peter Stieber
PS>>>> I'm running the x86_64 version of F8 on a dual
PS>>>> AMD Opteron box. I regularly run yum update to
PS>>>> keep everything up to date. On March 9 I ran
PS>>>> the update to get the most recent kernel
PS>>>> (kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.x86_64), but I didn't
PS>>>> reboot to actually start using the latest kernel.
PS>>>>
PS>>>> I ran yum update again on March 13. After this
PS>>>> update, I rebooted and tried to use the new
PS>>>> kernel. I lost my network connections.
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
RD>>> join the club. just back off to the earlier
RD>>> kernel and stay there until things sort
RD>>> themselves out.
PS>> I am running the prior kernel, but one of the
PS>> adapters is still not working when I booted
PS>> the prior kernel. I was asking for help with
PS>> that problem. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
BC = Brian Chadwick
BC> rename ifcfg-ethx.bak to ifcfg.ethx, then "service network restart"
Thanks Brian. That worked. I was doing everything backwards. I was
copying the *.bak files from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts to
/etc/sysconfig/profiles/default.
I thought that was the proper place to put them. Did something change?
Where can I learn about this?
Thanks again Brian,
Pete
