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underdone

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Posted: Aug. 23 2006,23:11

I have been working with DSL (very cool bit of kit) for about 2 days now and I am really struggling. I am getting the first of several linux boxes connected to a Windows server and I want to change the name of the box in the hosts file.

I have a DSL Frugal HDD install with the toram option enabled and I can't access the hosts folder. I know this a very basic question but how to I write to the hosts file?

Is it because the file is held in RAM and can't be altered whilst in RAM? I have tried changing the permissions but I can't seem to change anything. It just keeps coming up with read-only or permission denied.

Is there a work around or do I have to reinstall without the toram option and then reinstall once I have the thing up and running.

Many thanks for anyone helping out!!

Best wishes

mikshaw

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Posted: Aug. 24 2006,03:19

dsl host=newhostname

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Cheat_Codes

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http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

underdone

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Posted: Aug. 25 2006,23:38

thanks for the reply - unfortunately I don't appear to be able to use cheat codes with a hdd install.

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Posted: Aug. 25 2006,23:56

Uhh.. you say you are using a frugal installation on your hdd?
Just modify your bootloader's append line then.

underdone

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Posted: Aug. 26 2006,01:59

Thanks for the response - I tried that, reran lilo and it just won't stick. One thing I am not sure about is where to put the extra line in and what format it should be...

append = "host=mylinuxbox"

or

host=mylinuxbox (which never seems to work - just get a error message)

Thanks

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