Networking :: setting hostname with liveCD?

Quote (henk.1955 @ Mar. 22 2005,04:20)

*.tar.gz, *.dsl and *.uci are loaded at boottime with the /etc/rcS.d/S01dsl-config. this is a link to /KNOPPIX/etc/init.d/dsl-config. So if you want a script to run at boottime: you can put it in in /etc/init.d and have links in /etc/rc2.d/, /etc/rc3.d/,/etc/rc4.d/,/etc/rc5.d/ to the script. then tar.gz the script and the links. ( does not have to be a *.dsl, /etc is writeable as it in minirt24 which is the root). put the script where mydsl= finds it. example: /etc/init.d/echo_hostname Code Sample #!/bin/bash . /etc/init.d/dsl-functions CMDLINE="$(cat /proc/cmdline)" # get hostname from bootparams HOSTNAME="$(getbootparam hostname 2>/dev/null)" echo "hostname=$HOSTNAME." ln -sf /etc/init.d/echo_hostname /etc/rc2.d/S01echo_hostname ln -sf /etc/init.d/echo_hostname /etc/rc3.d/S01echo_hostname ln -sf /etc/init.d/echo_hostname /etc/rc4.d/S01echo_hostname ln -sf /etc/init.d/echo_hostname /etc/rc5.d/S01echo_hostname The links in the /etc/rc2.d .. /etc/rc5.d make sure the script is run no matter what runlevel you choise. the S01 in the linkname defines the order in which the scripts are run S01 first S99 last Now if you look in /etc/rc2.d to etc/rc5.d you see they have: S49dsl-restore ( this untars the backup.tar.gz) S99bootlocal   ( this runs the /opt/bootlocal.sh) i think it is much easier add: Code Sample . /etc/init.d/dsl-functions CMDLINE="$(cat /proc/cmdline)" # Set hostname HOSTNAME="$(getbootparam hostname 2>/dev/null)" echo "hostname=$HOSTNAME." [ -n "$HOSTNAME" ] || HOSTNAME="box" rm -f /etc/hostname echo $HOSTNAME >/etc/hostname /etc/init.d/hostname.sh rm -f /etc/hosts cat >/etc/hosts <<EOT 127.0.0.1 $HOSTNAME localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts EOT echo "hostname set" to /opt/bootlocal.sh or put this code in a script, call the script from bootlocal.sh then add them to filetool.lst to have them backedup

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i was tweaking and searching the forum to know how you set this "hostname" boot time option...

and here i am ( after 2 month trying!!!!)
still a newbie error


but now i can choose the name of my DSL box!!


if it can help newbie like me
better put the script at the start of bootlocal.sh
and issue your others command AFTER

. /etc/init.d/dsl-functions this part is needed to call the function getbootparam


then you just have to add this boot time option:
"hostname=henk55rocks" in your root syslinux.cfg

and your done...

now you can network all your computers with USB-key DSL charged!!!!!

Thanks, Robert.

DSL is so good that more and more of us have multiple DSL boxes running.  

one word to say:
DAMN!!!

every time i show up this usb-key power :same reaction..

they will soon change my computer with one without:CDROM,USBport,SCSI,FLOPPY,NETwork...I/O  access

this help you learning linux, cause i really dont know what you cant do with this distro....
just ask it might be someone already got your solution.

Forum Search is your friend!!!

it may be a bit Techhie,*NIX GuRu .. sometimes but  after each step you really feel you ve learn something...





next step replace my main computer OS(yes you know it)
still got problem to solve (USB printing) and then i will invent others



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