On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 04:15:31AM -0500, Krikket wrote: > I've done a few installs with Sarge, and something wonky has started > happening. (Although I blame my router for this... For some reason it's > started issuing IPs to any machine (in networlk) that sends along a DHCP > request, even if the Mac Address is flagged as having a static IP. > > The Sarge installer sends along that DHCP request every-time. If it fails > to get a responce, is when you are presented with the options of using a > static IP, trying again, or (something that I forget offhand.) > > Now, as one of the two machines I just installed Sarge on is a *server*, > being able to change that machine (liberator) from DHCP to a static IP > would be a "good thing". (There are reasons for me to switch my other > machine (galactica) over to a static IP as well, but that's another > story.)
With current daily debian-installer images (netcfg >= 0.58, last week or so), booting with the netcfg/use_dhcp=false parameter will disable the DHCP probe. To change an existing install, look in /etc/network/interfaces. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
