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10.7: Re-install from restore partition in a manual IP environment
10.7: Re-install from restore partition in a manual IP environment - This small hint may be of some help when you have to reinstall Lion from a recovery partition in a network environment that does not have an active DHCP server. In this case, a small intervention in the Terminal is required. London Mac Repairs offer the fastest, most affordable Mac Repair in Camden. Once you've booted into the Recovery partition, open Terminal by clicking its icon in the Utilities menu. Then:
Get a list of the network interfaces for the Mac you are installing Lion on: networksetup -listallnetworkservices Set up the network interface, as listed by the output of the command mentioned above (Ethernet or otherwise): networksetup -setmanual {INTERFACE NAME} {IP ADDRESS} {SUBNET MASK} {ROUTER} Set the name (DNS) servers: networksetup -setdnsservers {YOUR DNS SERVER} Verify that the changes have been correctly saved: ifconfig Examine all the entries and find the one yo ...