Hello,

I have a problem.

When I bootup my server, it stops at "Bringing up interface lo:"

Bringing up interface lo: _


Sometimes, I am lucky to pass "Bringing up interface lo: _" with an OK, then I got stuck at Bringing up eth0: _

After I reboot again, I got stuck at "Bringing up interface lo: _"


DOes anyone know what's the problem and how to fix it?

Loopback probably isnt functioning right. See if you have a the file ifcfg-lo in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
directory

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 254 Sep 20 1999 ifcfg-lo

[root@ network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-lo
DEVICE=3Dlo
IPADDR=3D127.0.0.1
NETMASK=3D255.0.0.0
NETWORK=3D127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=3D127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=3Dyes
NAME=3Dloopback

Redhat 7.3
root@xxxxx [/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-lo
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

Hello,

[RH 7.1] This is what I got.

[root@ network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-lo
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=3D127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

Asia,

I am not sure, but you might want to try removing the '3D' in the IPADDR attribute, before the 127.0.0.1

3D is not there.

I mean in the actual file, 3D is not there, just the IP

Have you tried changing the broadcast address to 255.255.255.255?