Catch22

[lists at tomgeorge.info (Thomas H. George)]

I am trying to setup static ip addresses running either the etch or the 
lenny gnome iso's - the problem is the same for both.

If, at the boot prompt, I enter

    install netcfg/disable_dhcp=true

or

    vmlinuz install netcfg/disable_dhcp=true

I get the message, "Could not find the kernel image: vmlinuz"

On the other hand, if I simply hit enter at the boot prompt the system 
boots up very nicely to the gnome desk top.  Then 
Applications/Debian/Apps/System/Network Administration opens a window 
asking for root's password.  Neither sudo bash or  bash alone work.  If 
I go to a console window Ctl/Del/F1 and enter sudo bash I immediately 
get the root prompt. 

I confess that I do not fully understand sudo.  I am the only one 
allowed to do any administrative functions on the computers of my home 
network so until now I have just become root for this work and a normal 
user for everything else.

Tom George