[Grml] live+CD and static IP again??

[Ishwar Rattan]

Ok, something seems to be amiss:

I added info in /etc/network/intefaces
auto eth0
iface etho inet static
   address 141.209.169.84
   ...

/etc/init.d/networking restart gives:
Setting up IP sppofing prortection: rp_filter
Enabling TCP/IP Syn cookies: done
Reconfiguring network interfaces: SIOCDELRT: No such process
ifup: interface lo already configured
RTNETLINK: answers: cannot assign reauested address

 - no other machine is using this adddress
 - ifconfig reports address 169.254.123.93??

141.209.169.84 can be pinged

Could it be a problem with the script?
I am able to reset interface to use dhcp using
  pump -i eth0

-ishwar