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

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