Determining IP information for eth0... failed;

Determining IP information for eth0... failed

Determining IP information for eth0... failed; no link present. Check
cable?" error message. This is known problem since RedHat 9.0 and documented in
VMware Knowledgebase with solution.

This can be fixed by adding following line to end of /etc/sysconfig/network-
scripts/ifcfg-eth0 "check_link_down() { return 1; }" and restarting network
service.