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Hi

I't seems that I have done something dumb to my bubba and now it will not accept DHCP-offers.
I can't remember what I did when it went wrong so I'm looking at a total reinstall of the OS.
Is there any way reinstalling only the networking part of debian if not how do I reinstall without formatting the drive? I don't want to loose everything on the disk.

Thanks

/G

You can re-install your bubba without losing your stuff:
http://wiki.excito.org/wiki/index.php/R ... ubba2_/_B3

but if you mention what you messed with it may be possible to get it running without reinstalling.

Ops missed the Wiki.

Thanks.
Without formating the drive the losses wasn't to big.

Network configuration is stored in /etc/network/interfaces (dns servers in /etc/resolv.conf)
If you can see the interface that no longer uses dhcp there you can comment it out with # and change it to
where XYZ is the name of the interface. (probably eth0 or eth1)

Restart networking or just reboot to activate the changes.

Disclaimer: If you mess up this file you might have a hard time accessing your Bubba without a rescue boot, but if you're set on a partial reinstall anyway it might be worth a shot

Edit: This is on Bubba2, should be the same on Debian based system that doesn't use network-manager.