[SOLVED] Is there a way to boot slackware without networking
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Is there a way to boot slackware without networking
I have a Slackware VM setup with a static IP address . I needed to use this static IP on another VM so I turned off the first VM and configured the second VM with the static IP.
Now I want to reconfigure the first VM to use DHCP but if I boot it, it will collide with the other VM and I don't want to do that.
Is there a boot param I can use to have Slackware skip the networking?
Well I deleted the network card in the VM and added a new one with a different MAC address. I was not sure if our DNS system people where assigning real static IPs or using DHCP reservation. Anyways I booted the VM and it did get the clashing IP address. I shutdown /etc/rc.d/inetd and inet1 and ran netconfig and changed it to dhcp. I then restarted inetd and inet1. I was surprised that it again came up with the same IP. So I rebooted and it then used DHCP and go a new IP.
I just thought there might be some boot parameter to tell the OS to not connect to the network at all.
you can also boot in init 1 (the name of your kernel followed by " init 1" at the lilo prompt), change what you have to change in the network config, then go in init 3.
I just thought there might be some boot parameter to tell the OS to not connect to the network at all.
I couldn't find which VM you are running or if you're using wireless, but in the version of VirtualBox I'm running in the GUI interface there is a "Cable Connected" box which can be unchecked. This isn't a boot parameter however.
you can also boot in init 1 (the name of your kernel followed by " init 1" at the lilo prompt), change what you have to change in the network config, then go in init 3.
That's what I was looking for. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by TracyTiger
I couldn't find which VM you are running or if you're using wireless, but in the version of VirtualBox I'm running in the GUI interface there is a "Cable Connected" box which can be unchecked. This isn't a boot parameter however.
Oh crap! Dooooh! You're right. I could have just turned off the network card in the VM settings!
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