Network startup throws "Interface 'devxxxxx' not found" messages during bootup and crashes when bonding is configured

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Issue

  • Network startup throws "Interface 'devxxxxx' not found" messages during bootup and crashes when bonding is configured
  • An example of the error:

cannot change name of bond0 to eth0: Device or resource busy
interface 'dev32579' not found
interface 'dev4978' not found
interface 'dev1140' not found
interface 'dev20457' not found
interface 'dev4658' not found
interface 'dev25006' not found
interface 'dev27677' not found
interface 'dev4595' not found
interface 'dev17931' not found
interface 'dev24389' not found
interface 'dev29223' not found
...
interface 'dev22006' not found
interface 'dev22244' not found
interface 'dev6991' not found
interface 'dev31286' not found
interface 'dev11305' not found
interface 'dev22199' not found
interface 'dev1250' not found
interface 'dev3117' not found
/etc/init.d/network: line 53:  7551 Segmentation fault      $0 start

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • networking with bonding configured

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