Determining IP information for lo... failed

[Peter Horst]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Peter Horst writes:
>
> > Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >> Peter Horst writes:
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> You probably have the BOOTP environment variable set somewhere. Grep for 
> >> BOOTP in /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
> >>
> >> You'll find several references to the BOOTP environment variables. You're 
> >> looking for something that sets it.
> >>   
> > 
> > Hm. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup has:
>
> What about -- as I said -- /etc/sysconfig/network?
>
> ifup is just a shell script. Noone can really debug this remotely for you. 
> You'll have to step through the ifup script yourself and figure out why it 
> wants to bring the loopback interface up with dhcp -- which is what your 
> problem is.
>
>   

the "network" script is:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=obtunded.depaulacs.org
GATEWAY=192.168.10.1
GATEWAYDEV=""
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

Is this "BOOTPROTO" the same as the "BOOTP" you're referring to?