On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 15:43, Michael Sternberg wrote:
>
> Is it advisable in case of such failure to start computer with a random
> static IP and continue to look for DHCP server in background ?
> This way the boot process will be at least continued..
Choosing addresses at random is verbotten and will get your BOfH to come
chase you around the office with a big LART. You already have a local
loopback address (127.0.0.1) it should be enough provided you have a
/etc/hosts file that maps that to your machine name.
Gilad.
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