Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Ron Leach Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Live CD - boot option for static IP? Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:50:02 +0200 Message-ID: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sun Apr 3 09:46:45 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.62 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: DYN_NJABL=SKIP(0) NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 BL_NJABL=SKIP(-1.5) HELO_IP_IN_CL_SUBNET=-1.2 (check from: .tesco. - helo: .mail.tesco. - helo-domain: .tesco.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2; rate: -6.2 X-Authed-Username: aGNzY0B0ZXNjby5uZXQ= X_Cmae_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-Cnfs-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=FIQimYYs c=1 sm=0 tr=0 a=KUb2iIr4bZkVHXlTj21eOw==:117 a=KUb2iIr4bZkVHXlTj21eOw==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=kziv93cY1bsA:10 a=9aqofzicIMBR8vcNYJcA:9 a=Wc4DGeyd5ySl6wYA:21 a=UBOjGPx1dCKlukDk:21 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-Scanned-By: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.topaz.synacor.com header.from=ronleach@tesco.net; sender-id=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp02.topaz.synacor.com smtp.mail=ronleach@tesco.net; spf=neutral; sender-id=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp02.topaz.synacor.com smtp.user=hcsc@tesco.net; auth=pass (LOGIN) Received-Spf: neutral (smtp02.topaz.synacor.com: 88.210.164.24 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of tesco.net) Disposition-Notification-To: Ron Leach User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/705741 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/5700E66F.4070306@tesco.net Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 34 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:46:23 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <5700E66F.4070306@tesco.net> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:166249 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