Pyroman[FO] (pyroman(a)ninjapanda.org) said:
I have been able to replicate it outside of the boot process. I
still
haven't been able to figure out the determining factor, but I can get
/etc/init.d/networking, ifup and ifdown to fail on their own now. So
it's not specific to booting.
Feel free to open up a bug, attach /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*,
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf, and /etc/modprobe.conf.
Bill