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Re: Problem switching to static IP address



On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:09:01PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems.

A bit late, but maybe still useful.

> One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan.  I included 
> a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes.  When I boot from 
> the CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way to 
> shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file.  I must have 
> failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the 
> Debian/Applications drop down list.

For setting a static IP you have to use boot parameters. Check the 
manpage initramfs-live(7). You can use the 'ip' option to either set all 
network parameters or ip=frommedia to have it use your 'interfaces' 
file.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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