Ubuntu Server Not Booting After Changing DHCP Settings

[Chris_Corbett]

I'm currently running an Ubuntu Server with 14.04LTS at home.
I've recently had issues with the network and wanted to set the server to a static IP address internally. To do this I followed the guide linked here
When trying to remove the DHCP client it failed, but I thought this would not be an issue. However upon a reboot of the server it no longer fully boots. It boots as far as a screen showing various services running ok and some failing. The screen then goes blank and nothing.
It appears to be connected to the network at the IP address I want though as it is pingable.
Does anybody have an idea as to what the issue could be?
Thank You,
Chris.

[TheFu]

That guide is out of date from 12.04 and later.

First - remove the lines:

network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

Make certain that

iface eth0 inet dhcp

has been removed - or is commented out.

Do not touch the resolv.conf, the dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 line handles that.

With "server" installs (not desktop), I've never needed to do anything with DHCP configs.

[Chris_Corbett]

That guide is out of date from 12.04 and later.

First - remove the lines:

network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

Make certain that

iface eth0 inet dhcp

has been removed - or is commented out.

Do not touch the resolv.conf, the dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 line handles that.

With "server" installs (not desktop), I've never needed to do anything with DHCP configs.

Thank you very much that sorted it straight away.