On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:02:49PM -0700, Al Sparks wrote:
You're right. The stack was there.
First, I was inaccurate when I said I installed 6.2. I actually installed 6.0, and later updated via yum.
Second, yeah I was able to start the network service, so there was a stack. All I'd get would be the loopback or "lo" interface, but it was there.
But going into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts was a pain because there was no ifcfg-eth0 file I could play with. That's when I gave up and re-installed, but added more stuff beyond "base" just to be sure.
As for not configuring the network during the install process, I was pretty sure I had. For some reason it didn't take. Maybe I didn't click a save box when I should have. I don't know.
My recollection (from installing 6.0 a couple times) is that even if you check the aforementioned checkbox during the install, once you're done, the network is not (properly) configured. I think there's a bug on that in the "upstream" bugzilla.
I do believe it has been fixed in 6.2, though.
(this is all from memory, I didn't look it up, so YMMV.)