Hello, Last-point first, you can instruct Debian-Installer to prompt for fixed IP (rather than using DHCP).
You need to pass this argument at boot prompt: netcfg/disable_dhcp=true (read http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch05s03 ) On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 13:51 -0500, JW wrote: > There's a new "feature" of Lenny that keeps catching me off guard. I might be > wrong but I don't remember Etch ever doing this to me. > > It goes like this: > > 1. Perform a new Lenny install of the "standard package set" (no Xorg) (I > always use net installs but I assume it's the same no matter what) > > 2. Immediately install ssh and configure a static IP address > > 3. Restart networking: /etc/init.d/networking restart [..] > Work around: Either kill dhcpclient or restart the server to get rid of it. > Problem is I keep forgetting this aspect :-) I haven't tested it, but running "ifdown eth0" may help. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
