"Voytek Eymont" <li...@sbt.net.au> writes:
> I have am old clunker with Centos 5.x, it appears it developed NIC probs,
> couldn't reach it, when screen plugged in, screen blank
>
> on power up, it gave some eth0 messages;
>
> I removed the 3COM PCI NIC, starred at it for a while whilst nodding my
> head, then, put it back in. machine booted OK, BUT, is now on DHCP address,
> not what it was, fixed IP
Strange; I would almost guess that it automatically reconfigured it or
something on boot, which is rather strange...
> I've 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5....' ; 'route add -net...'
> that returned it desired IP OK, but, on reboot, it reverts to DHCP
> what do I need to make it stick ?
Edit the network settings in /etc/sysconfig to set it with a fixed address
rather than DHCP. Possibly use the RH GUI tool rather than the command line,
if you prefer, to do it for you. :)
> (tried editing some /etc/sysconfig files, but, it was telling something
> about hardlinks, so I didn't)
I got nothing. :)
Daniel
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