Re: Setting a manual IP address

On 21/05/2024 05:57, 62hx.1708 wrote:

   BookWORM screwed it all up - and not JUST the
   networking stuff.

I didn't realise how much until I tried a fresh install on a Pi 5.

   I think Deb is now employing Canonical REJECTS who
   have totally screwed up the distro to ZERO advantage.

I've no idea who they've employed, but it is going in a direction I
don't want to follow.

   If you have a P4 or below you can still get older
   versions of Deb/PiOS ... but the P5 won't work
   with those.

There is a way around this. If you install the 64 bit version of
Bullseye on a Pi 4, you can install the same set of packages copy your
config files from the 32 bit version, making it work exactly the same.

You then ignore the dire warnings and do an in place upgrade to
Bookworm. That then retains retains the previous style dhcpcd5
networking, and doesn't install Wayland etc.

The card can then be transferred to a Pi 5.

---druck