[Erp5-users] LiveCD: How-to make network configuration persistent / config.xml

[Sebastian Ware]

Hi David!

Could you consider writing a short summary of the problem and the  
solution so I can include it in the ERP5 Users FAQ.

mvh sebastian


6 mar 2006 kl. 14.41 skrev david atlan (PHENO):

> Hi,
>
> I tried the noapic solution, which did not solve the problem.  
> Following solution did solve it though:
> create a file /mnt/erp5_cd/config.sh
> with:
>
> ifconfig eth0 up
> dhclient eth0
>
> I still have to play with it now :)
>
> cheers
> david
>
>
> On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:15:35 +0100, Shrenik Bhura  
> <shrenik.bhura at intelliant.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In my case also, the settings were being picked up from the  
>> config.xml
>> but yet the network connection was not proper. And I was periodically
>> receiving an IRQ 11 related error message.
>>
>> To counter the same, I booted the machine with
>>
>> #livecd noapic nolapic
>>
>> This resolved my problem.
>>
>> Some more info may be found at http://wiki.erp5.org/FaqOnLiveCd
>>
>> -SB
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 16:21 +0100, david atlan (PHENO) wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Sorry to pick up a thread more than a week old, I was stuck doing  
>>> a few
>>> other things and finally managed to try out modifying the  
>>> config.xml in
>>> following way:
>>>
>>>   <connection_type>dhcp</connection_type> <!-- static or dhcp -->
>>>   <network_device>eth0</network_device>
>>>
>>>   <ip_address>192.168.242.2</ip_address>
>>>   <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
>>>   <network_address>192.168.242.0</network_address>
>>>   <broadcast_address>192.168.242.255</broadcast_address>
>>>   <gateway>192.168.242.254</gateway>
>>>   <nameservers>192.168.242.254</nameservers> <!-- separated by  
>>> spaces-->
>>>
>>> in a first trial, I suppressed the
>>> ip_address,netmask,network_address,broadcast_address,gateway and
>>> nameservers lines and in a second trial I put the numbers given  
>>> by the
>>> dhcp. The connection type was set to dhcp.
>>>
>>> Both config.xml in /mnt/erp5_cd and /root where modified and
>>> /etc/init.d/erp5cdtool restart
>>> was launched.
>>>
>>> When I reboot the machine, I still don't get the PC to connect to  
>>> the
>>> Internet (launching dhclient eth0 works), although the config  
>>> files still
>>> show my modifications. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> Thanks and enjoy the weekend,
>>> david
>>> http://span-tech.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:47:54 +0100, Shrenik Bhura
>>> <shrenik.bhura at intelliant.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > yes
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 16:21 +0100, david atlan (PHENO) wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Dear Kevin and SB,
>>> >>
>>> >> I tried
>>> >> ifconfig eth0 up
>>> >> dhclient eth0
>>> >> ping nexedi.com
>>> >>
>>> >> and it worked!
>>> >>
>>> >> I did find a config.xml (see content at the end) but not in:
>>> >> /mnt/erp5_cd/config.xml
>>> >> it was in /root/config.xml
>>> >>
>>> >> Should I edit this xml and copy it to /mnt/erp5_cd ?
>>> >>
>>> >> Kind regards
>>> >>
>>> >> David
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:48:54 +0100, Kevin Deldycke  
>>> <kevin at nexedi.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > Le Vendredi 17 Février 2006 18:21, david atlan (PHENO) a  
>>> écrit :
>>> >> >> Dear Kevin,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> it worked fine with deleting the content of /mnt/erp5_cd  
>>> and ERP5
>>> >> >> starts.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I have a little problem with the configuration of the Internet
>>> >> >> connection:
>>> >> >> the test machine is connected to a router with DHCP server,  
>>> but it
>>> >> >> doesn't
>>> >> >> take the IP address? Is there anything I can try?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Just open a konsole and do:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >   ifconfig eth0 up
>>> >> >   dhclient eth0
>>> >> >   ping nexedi.com
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If you can ping nexedi.com, then your NIC is working well.  
>>> Else, give
>>> >> us
>>> >> > logs.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > If your pass the previous test, the next thing to do is to  
>>> make your
>>> >> > configuration persistent. To do that, edit the /mnt/erp5_cd/ 
>>> config.xml
>>> >> > file
>>> >> > then restart the erp5cdtool service ( /etc/init.d/erp5cdtool  
>>> restart
>>> >> ).
>>> >> >
>>> >>  
>>> ==================================================================== 
>>> ===
>>> >> <erp5>
>>> >> <group id="nexedi">
>>> >> <host id="master">
>>> >> <hostname>erp5</hostname>
>>> >> <domainname>local.domain</domainname>
>>> >> <connection_type>static</connection_type> <!-- static or dhcp -->
>>> >> <network_device>eth0</network_device>
>>> >>
>>> >> <ip_address>192.168.242.2</ip_address>
>>> >> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
>>> >> <network_address>192.168.242.0</network_address>
>>> >> <broadcast_address>192.168.242.255</broadcast_address>
>>> >> <gateway>192.168.242.254</gateway>
>>> >> <nameservers>192.168.242.254</nameservers> <!-- separated by  
>>> spaces-->
>>> >>
>>> >> <wlan_wep_key></wlan_wep_key>
>>> >> <wlan_essid></wlan_essid>
>>> >> <wlan_channel></wlan_channel>
>>> >>
>>> >> <cups_network></cups_network>
>>> >> <time_zone>UTC</time_zone> <!-- Look in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ -->
>>> >> <system_language>en_US</system_language> <!-- lang_COUNTRY -->
>>> >>
>>> >> <root_password>erp5root</root_password>
>>> >> <user_password>erp5user</user_password>
>>> >> <zope_password>zope</zope_password>
>>> >> <web_password>erp5web</web_password> <!-- Not used -->
>>> >> </host>
>>> >> </group>
>>> >> </erp5>
>>> >>
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>>> >> http://erp5.org/mailman/listinfo/erp5-users
>>>
>>>
>
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