it seems that my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file seems to inexplicably disappear sometimes as well and then networking does not come up in the case of the /etc/modprobe.conf file, i end up with a blank file in the case of the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file, it vanishes completely Peter Schobel ~
