Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?

From	Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter?
Date	2017-03-31 19:10 +0200
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On 03/31/2017 07:20 AM, Ron Leach wrote:
> On 28/03/2017 18:15, Brian wrote:
>>
>> Any combination of preseed directives can be used
>> as boot parameters. For example: netcfg/get_ipaddress=192.168.1.42.
>>
>>
>> AFAIK, not on the website. You can generate all the preseed options for
>> yourself. Search the wiki for "preseed".
>>
>
>
> Brian, thanks for the reply.  I see that that would seem to work
>
> In the end I veered towards the 'preseed' approach, partly because 
> some guidelines I was following and which included the USB rewrite 
> were based on that objective.  My first try has failed to produce a 
> bootable USB, but I'll do a lot more testing and checking before 
> perhaps asking for any more help.  I recall that there's recently been 
> a long thread about preseeding which will be helpful, I think.
>
> regards, Ron
>
>
>
Isn't the boot device set in the BIOS? Perhaps your BIOS doesn't include 
a USB device in its selections?

--doug

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Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter? Ron Leach <ronleach@tesco.net> - 2017-03-28 18:20 +0200
  Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 19:20 +0200
    Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter? Ron Leach <ronleach@tesco.net> - 2017-03-31 13:20 +0200
      Re: Deb-Installer: Possible to set IP using a boot parameter? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-03-31 19:10 +0200

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