10.7: Re-install from restore partition in a manual IP environment
Sep 09, '11 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous

Sep 09, '11 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
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.
Once you've booted into the Recovery partition, open Terminal by clicking its icon in the Utilities menu. Then:
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. The man page for networksetup provides more information on the available options.]
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 you have actually worked on (ex. en0 is generally, but not always Ethernet). - Quit Terminal and continue with your installation by following the onscreen steps.
- Wait for the download to finish.
- Enjoy your freshly downloaded Lion!
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. The man page for networksetup provides more information on the available options.]
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