@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ SCHEDULER=${SCHEDULER:-nova.scheduler.simple.SimpleScheduler}

 if [ ! -n "$HOST_IP" ]; then

     HOST_IP=`LC_ALL=C /sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep -m 1 'inet addr:'| cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $1}'`

     if [ "$HOST_IP" = "" ]; then

-        echo "Could not determine host ip address.  Please specify HOST_IP in your localrc."

+        echo "Could not determine host ip address."

+        echo "If this is not your first run of stack.sh, it is "

+        echo "possible that nova moved your eth0 ip address to the FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE."

+        echo "Please specify your HOST_IP in your localrc."

         exit 1

     fi

 fi