Thomas, I use a VERY basic script to set a static IP address on my LiveCD's...here is the script I use:
************************************************************************ #!/bin/sh # Get Static IP Information printf "What IP Address do you want to assign to this computer? " read IPADDR printf "What Subnetmask do you want to assign to this computer? " read SUBNET printf "What Gateway do you want to assign to this computer? " read GATEWAY # Shutdown networking and create a new INTERFACES file ifdown eth0 /etc/init.d/networking stop rm -f /etc/network/interfaces cat <<INTERFACES > /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address $IPADDR netmask $SUBNET gateway $GATEWAY INTERFACES # Bring networking back online /etc/init.d/networking start ifup eth0 # End IP Configuration ************************************************************************ -Stephen (AKA Screwba) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] org] On Behalf Of Thomas H. George Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:09 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem switching to static IP address I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems. One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I included a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I boot from the CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way to shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file. I must have failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the Debian/Applications drop down list. (Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use a Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this file and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.) My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a terminal window. The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these problems without taking more than the remaining space. Tom _______________________________________________ debian-live-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]