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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just installed Fedora as an upgrade to RedHat
9.0. I lost my internet connection. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Upon booting I get the following
information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ipchains and ip tables can not be used together
[Warning]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Determining IP information for eth1...failed; no
link present. Check cable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I know the cable is working.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I look at the network information I get the
following for eth1 (the device I am using for the internet
connection):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Device
Type
Device Status</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3c900B-TPO [Etherlink
XL] Ethernet Eth1
ok</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Active profile: common</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I try to activate this (it is listed as
inactive) I get the following message:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>redhat-config-network: Error saving
configuration!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Errno 2] No such file or directory:
//etc/sysconfig/network-scripts//ifcfg-lo.rpmsave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I do cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and do
ls, what I can see is that file (ifcfg-lo.rpmsave) but it is surrounded by a
brownish-red background which is flashing. If I do "less ifcfg-lo.rpmsave"
I get the message, "No such file or directory."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone tell me what is happening and how to
re-establish my network connection?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>