initscripts-3.78-2.2.i386.rpm There is a minor bug in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup The line which checks whether the device is available needs to be changed according to # is this device available? (this catches PCMCIA devices for us) /sbin/ifconfig ${REALDEVICE} 2>&1 | grep -s "Device not found" > /dev/null in order to avoid error messages at boot time.
this has been fixed in a later initscripts release