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Live CD - boot option for static IP?

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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

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Live CD - boot option for static IP? Ron Leach <ronleach@tesco.net> - 2016-04-03 11:50 +0200
  Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Martin Smith <lists@rakupottery.org.uk> - 2016-04-03 15:40 +0200
  Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2016-04-03 18:40 +0200
    Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-04-03 19:20 +0200
      Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2016-04-04 01:50 +0200
        Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-04-04 14:20 +0200
  Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-03 20:40 +0200

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