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bryandj23

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Posted: Oct. 03 2005,23:19

How does one permanently change the hostname on a DSL box? (no pun intended).

This is my second installation of DSL, so now I have two machines name 'box' on the LAN. One is being run as a Shoutcast server, so I'd like to change the hostname and dns domain name. I think running 'hostname' changed it before - maybe I just didn't backup. Just want to make sure I'm doing it right.

And, one more stumper - how can I get the network to stop using DHCP broadcast? This I have changed using netcardconfig, and even after backup, restarting will go back to DHCP-assigned.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm still learning my way through Linux.

adssse

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Posted: Oct. 04 2005,03:14

I am not sure but I would look at /etc/hostname. Right now it only has 'box' in it, so that might be what you are looking for.

ke4nt1

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Posted: Oct. 04 2005,03:26

I'm not sure how your running your OS.. LiveCD , Frugal, or HDInstalled.

With liveCD, boot with the options nodhcp, and host=your_new_hostname
in your startup commands..

Same with Frugal/Grub/Lilo..
Add the nodhcp and host=whatever to your menu.lst ( grub) or append lines (lilo)

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bryandj23

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Posted: Oct. 04 2005,15:57

it's installed to hard drive. I think I'm pretty much screwed. Either that or I'm thinking I need to set everything up while it's running off the CD, THEN install to HD?

Other distros of Linux are looking better for this shoutcast server.

bryandj23

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Posted: Oct. 04 2005,17:26

Ok..

It just floors me that I haven't been able to achieve the following:

1. Set network card to ip 10.x.x.x
2. Set hostname to 'scanner.mydomain.com'
3. Start sc_serv in the background
4. Start sc_trans_linux in the background.

Don't get me wrong, I love DSL. It's worked great for me as a workstation system. Having a setup that's completely automated for my needs as a server, however isn't working out. I just want to be able to turn the box on, and have it start streaming.

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