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?

Try running netconfig and have it use static addressing.

If I understand well, if the static address is already in use the server dhcpd won't propose it.

Else, you can probably mark that address as reserved in some way in dhcpd.conf.

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.

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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.

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That's what I was looking for. Thanks.



Oh crap! Dooooh! You're right. I could have just turned off the network card in the VM settings!

Thanks.