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gpcola

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Posted: Mar. 25 2006,14:35

I've been trying to get DHCP disabled in DSL but I'm not having much success unfortunately...

According to the DSL wiki you need to do the following:

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How can I enter and save my static IP settings?

To save static IP settings with backup/restore we need to make changes in two areas.

Boot the CD with the cheatcode dsl nodhcp or add nodhcp to the APPEND line in the Lilo or Grub bootloaders.

We need to add the static IP information to the /opt/bootlocal.sh file. This file is backed up in the /home/dsl/.filetool.lst file by default. For this step you will need to know the static IP, Default Gateway and DNS nameserver of your ISP. With this information your /opt/bootlocal.sh file should have the following entries.

ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.x.xx
route add default gw xxx.xxx.x.x
echo nameserver xx.xx.xxx.xx > /etc/resolv.conf
ifup eth0

With these two steps you should have your static connection up and running the next boot. Make sure you back them up!

I added the nodhcp flag to the APPEND line in the Lilo bootloader /etc/lilo.conf

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append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdg=scsi apm=power-off nomce noapic nodhcp"

...and edited /opt/bootlocal.sh, adding the necessary IP's but it still uses DHCP when the hardware is detected...

Not sure where to go from here because I followed the instructions and it doesn't want to work

Can anyone offer advice as to where I've gone wrong? I'm a linux/networking noob so be gentle please :laugh:

roberts

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Posted: Mar. 25 2006,21:55

I am assuming that this is a hard drive install.

After you edit /etc/lilo.conf then you usually run lilo to install it.

gpcola

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Posted: Mar. 26 2006,01:23

Yep it's a hd install.

So just editing the file isn't enough? I had just assumed that lilo.conf was being read during the boot process.

When you say run lilo what command do I run exactly? Is it just 'lilo'? And from within which folder would I need to run it?

Sorry for the noob questions, but like I say, I am just that

doobit

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Posted: Mar. 26 2006,01:30

I also noticed you did not include the command "dsl" anywhere in the line. I think you need to include that to distinguish it from a kernel command.

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Posted: Mar. 26 2006,05:47

Yes, you need to rerun the command for lilo from the command prompt (for example, inside a terminal window)

The name of the command is "lilo"

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