I found that /etc/sysconfig/network got overwritten and loses the hostname. /etc/yum.repos.d/ files did not get updated correctly, wrong repos left enabled. some of the stuff in /etc/sysconfig/networking/ gets scrambled there is a small thread in fedora-list about some of this. (me and Nat Gross) -- G.Wolfe Woodbury `- -' RHCT U The Line Eater is a boojum!