eth0 deactivated

[Tim Wilson <wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu>]

Hi everyone,

The power went down at Sibley last night and today I can't get my eth0
interface to work. My computer rebooted when the power came back on, but
the there's no eth0 listed when I type 'ifconfig'

I get my IP address via DHCP. I wasn't sure how to request a new IP
address on the fly so I had to reboot. Instead of reporting that it had
configured my eth0 interface, the message 'eth0 initialization delayed'
appeared when I was booting.

I tried going into the RedHat Control Panel and activating the interface
from there, but it reported that 'eth0 initialization delayed' again.

Any ideas? This machine is currently hooked into the school's existing
network until my server is configured. I've never had any problems before?
How do I request a new IP address via DHCP without rebooting?

Later,
Tim

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