[uml-user] assigning IP from command line

[Mark R. <mr...@is...>]

I'm running several UML's on the same host that are identical except for 
  their IP addresses.  I start them with "eth0=daemon" and run 
uml_switch on the host.

Up to now, the way I've configured them is to configure network settings 
on the first one, copy its cow file to a different name, boot the second 
UML from that cow file, and edit the network settings, leaving the 
gateway, subnet mask and everything the same but editing the IP address.

At one point, I seem to recall chatting with either Jeff Dike or Bill 
Stearns and being told that it was possible to set a UML's IP address 
from the command line via some kind of rc script.  I never got all the 
details.  Does anyone know how this might be done?

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Mark Ryan
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Dartmouth College
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