On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, Jerry Geis wrote: >>> systemctl status network > > > AT BOOT: > ● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking > Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated) > Active: inactive (dead) > Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) > > After: service network restart > ● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking > Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated) > Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-10-03 15:12:05 EDT; 7s ago > Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) > Process: 7755 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) > Tasks: 1 (limit: 24034) > Memory: 8.7M > CGroup: /system.slice/network.service > └─7940 /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -lf > /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-6ada23ed-d1ad-4f37-935c-86163fe61e7b-eth0.lease > -pf /run/dhclient-eth0.pid eth0 > > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: WARN : [network] > 'network-scripts' will be removed in one of the next major releases of RHEL. > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: WARN : [network] > It is advised to switch to 'NetworkManager' instead for network management. > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: [46B blob data] > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: Bringing up interface > eth0: > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 > to 255.255.255.255 port 67 (xid=0x75ae6376) > Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: DHCPACK from 10.0.2.2 > (xid=0x75ae6376) > Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: bound to 10.0.2.15 -- > renewal in 34365 seconds. > Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: Determining IP > information for eth0... done. > Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: [13B blob data] > Oct 03 15:12:05 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started LSB: Bring > up/down networking. > > Contents of ifcfg-eth0 > # Generated by parse-kickstart > TYPE="Ethernet" > DEVICE="eth0" > UUID="6ada23ed-d1ad-4f37-935c-86163fe61e7b" > ONBOOT="yes" > BOOTPROTO="dhcp" > IPV6INIT="yes" > > > Why is it not starting at boot ? I'd take a look at what NetworkManager thinks about it: nmicli connection show eth0 | grep autoconnect: If it's not set to 'yes', then you'll want to do so: nmcli connection modify eth0 connection.autoconnect yes As to the 'why,' I don't know. Here's the official explanation: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/configuring_and_managing_networking/index#configuring-an-interface-with-static-network-settings-using-ifcfg-files_configuring-ip-networking-with-ifcfg-files -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W