Re: Sarge Installer and DHCP
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 04:15:31AM -0500, Krikket wrote:
> I've done a few installs with Sarge, and something wonky has started
> happening. (Although I blame my router for this... For some reason it's
> started issuing IPs to any machine (in networlk) that sends along a DHCP
> request, even if the Mac Address is flagged as having a static IP.
>
> The Sarge installer sends along that DHCP request every-time. If it fails
> to get a responce, is when you are presented with the options of using a
> static IP, trying again, or (something that I forget offhand.)
>
> Now, as one of the two machines I just installed Sarge on is a *server*,
> being able to change that machine (liberator) from DHCP to a static IP
> would be a "good thing". (There are reasons for me to switch my other
> machine (galactica) over to a static IP as well, but that's another
> story.)
With current daily debian-installer images (netcfg >= 0.58, last week or
so), booting with the netcfg/use_dhcp=false parameter will disable the
DHCP probe.
To change an existing install, look in /etc/network/interfaces.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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