> You wrote:
> Running Red Hat 8.0 (2.4.18-14) on an old Acer I have keyed
>  ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1
> to set my box's ip address for my small LAN. What additional
> command
> should I use to write that address permanently, so that I do not
> have 
> to
> ifconfig each time I restart? I have read and reread O'Reilly's
> Running
> Linux and Learning Red Hat Linux; is there no process whereby
> the 
> settings
> are written to the correct files for startup, or must I (using
> vi, for
> example) edit certain files myself? 
> 
> Bill Stanard
> ***********************************************
> 
> I personally prefer editing a startup script but Redhat seems to
> do these things with GUI tools.
> Have a look here
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/
> Especially the section III
> 
> cheers
> James
try using "linuxconf" as root. 

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