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From: Thomas H. George on 18 Jun 2008 08:50
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 08:56:31AM -0300, Marcos Jos� Sant'Anna Magalh�es wrote:
> just to be sure, does your firewall rules allows you to ping other computers
> ?

Yes
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Robert Baron <robertbartlettbaron(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Have you tried using ifconfig?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Thomas H. George <lists(a)tomgeorge.info>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:02:39PM -0300, Marcos Jos� Sant'Anna Magalh�es
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Thomas,
> >> >
> >> > Can't you just use "/etc/init.d/networking restart" ?
> >> >
> >> > Marcos
> >>
> >> It doesn't work. That is if I edit ifstate to set eth0=eth0 and restart
> >> networking it reports the network is reconfigured but the network is
> >> still unreachable (I tried pinging another computer on the lan) and
> >> ifconfig shows the settings of eth0 are unchanged, are still the
> >> settings from bootup during which the system looked for a DHCP
> >> connection and found none.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Thomas H. George <lists(a)tomgeorge.info
> >> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems.
> >> > >
> >> > > One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I
> >> included
> >> > > a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I boot
> >> from the
> >> > > CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way
> >> to
> >> > > shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file. I must
> >> have
> >> > > failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the
> >> > > Debian/Applications drop down list.
> >> > >
> >> > > (Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other
> >> > > cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use
> >> a
> >> > > Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this
> >> file
> >> > > and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.)
> >> > >
> >> > > My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a
> >> > > terminal window.
> >> > >
> >> > > The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these
> >> > > problems without taking more than the remaining space.
> >> > >
> >> > > Tom
> >> > >
> >> > >
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> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Marcos Jos� Sant'Anna Magalh�es.
> >> > Engenharia Eletr�nica e de Computa��o.
> >> > DEL/POLI/UFRJ.
> >>
> >>
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From: Andrei Popescu on 21 Jun 2008 14:50
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:09:01PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems.

A bit late, but maybe still useful.

> One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I included
> a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I boot from
> the CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way to
> shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file. I must have
> failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the
> Debian/Applications drop down list.

For setting a static IP you have to use boot parameters. Check the
manpage initramfs-live(7). You can use the 'ip' option to either set all
network parameters or ip=frommedia to have it use your 'interfaces'
file.

Regards,
Andrei
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From: Stephen Yorke on 12 Jul 2008 16:40
Thomas,
I use a VERY basic script to set a static IP address on my
LiveCD's...here is the script I use:

************************************************************************
#!/bin/sh
# Get Static IP Information

printf "What IP Address do you want to assign to this computer? "
read IPADDR
printf "What Subnetmask do you want to assign to this computer? "
read SUBNET
printf "What Gateway do you want to assign to this computer? "
read GATEWAY

# Shutdown networking and create a new INTERFACES file
ifdown eth0
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rm -f /etc/network/interfaces

cat <<INTERFACES > /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address $IPADDR
netmask $SUBNET
gateway $GATEWAY

INTERFACES

# Bring networking back online
/etc/init.d/networking start
ifup eth0

# End IP Configuration
************************************************************************

-Stephen (AKA Screwba)

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Subject: Problem switching to static IP address

I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems.

One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I
included a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I
boot from the CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't
find a way to shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted
file. I must have failed to include some package as there is no network

entry in the Debian/Applications drop down list.

(Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other
cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use a
Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this
file and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.)

My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a
terminal window.

The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these
problems without taking more than the remaining space.

Tom


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From: Stephen Yorke on 12 Jul 2008 16:40
I do not set DNS information as this does get assigned by my DHCP Server
but if you need a script to do it as well, you can add this after
getting the IP Information in the first script I sent:

# Place this after the reading of IP information
printf "What is the Primary DNS Server? "
read DNS1
printf "What is the Secondary DNS Server? "
read DNS2

rm -f /etc/resolv.conf

# Place this after 'cat << INTERFACES > /etc/network/interfaces'
cat <<RESOVLCONF > /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver $DNS1
nameserver $DNS2
RESOLVCONF

If you want to specify a DOMAIN you can copy one of the above PRINTF
statements and ask for DOMAIN NAME, add a section to the CAT statement:
domain $DOMAIN

If you want to specify a Domain Suffix you can copy one of the above
PRINTF statements and ask for SEARCH SUFFIX, add a section to the CAT
statement: search $SUFFIX

-Stephen (AKA Screwba)

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[mailto:debian-live-devel-bounces+syorke=yorkes.net(a)lists.alioth.debian..
org] On Behalf Of Thomas H. George
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:09 PM
To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org;
debian-live-devel(a)lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject: Problem switching to static IP address

I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems.

One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I
included a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I
boot from the CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't
find a way to shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted
file. I must have failed to include some package as there is no network

entry in the Debian/Applications drop down list.

(Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other
cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use a
Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this
file and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.)

My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a
terminal window.

The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these
problems without taking more than the remaining space.

Tom


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