List, good morning,
Is there a way to set a static IP at the boot dialog when starting
from a Live CD?
I've got a Wheezy server that is a bit broken and I'm trying to run a
Wheezy live CD so that I can see what's gone wrong. The Live CD
starts perfectly, so the machine will boot and, though it doesn't come
up in a GUI it does so in text mode, though the text is badly 'offset'
to the left so the first 3 or 4 character columns are not on the
screen. Apart from that, the server is an a very awkward location and
for these reasons (and others) I'd prefer to login into the live
system using SSH. The live CD defaults to DHCP but I need to give it
a specific IP in the 192.168 range. If possible, I'd like to do that
using the 'edit' option on the Live CD's boot screen, so that Wheezy
live comes up - in text is fine - with a specific IP address and
gateway etc.
I've searched around a bit and, though I couldn't find a list of Live
CD 'boot options' on a Debian page, some other pages suggest there are
kernel options that Grub might use for setting static IP, but these
are variously described (net= , ip= ). Which of these, or another,
should be used, and the fields to be added (and the separators etc),
are none too clear.
Is there a 'boot option' that I can add to the Live CD boot command
line that will let me set a static IP?
If there is, where should I be looking for the definitive syntax of
the IP address setting?
I'd be very grateful for any advice
regards, Ron
