diff --git a/bootscripts/lfs/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown b/bootscripts/lfs/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown
index b836cb8ef..1fb69aa44 100644
--- a/bootscripts/lfs/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown
+++ b/bootscripts/lfs/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ for file in ${FILES}; do
 done
 
 if [ -z "${2}" ]; then
-	link_status=`ip link show $1`
+	link_status=`ip link show $1 2>/dev/null`
 	if [ -n "${link_status}" ]; then
 		if echo "${link_status}" | grep -q UP; then
 			boot_mesg "Bringing down the ${1} interface..."
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a90cedf77..bc7bfdcc4 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-05-17</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Ignore error in ifdown script when determining status.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Add gettext upstream patches.
           Fixes
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index de492a49e..7410d8d4b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-du "2.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY less-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20090102">                 <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20090517">                 <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">         <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">           <!-- Updated in Makefile -->