bringing up bionic .44, no network

[gene83]

So whats the procedure to configure a static network with the above install?

I have setup my r64 as follows, I also removed both dhcp clients as well

Code:

# cat /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.168.1.5
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       gateway 192.168.1.1
       dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

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Ok, I made mine look like the above, but with my local networks addresses.
reboot, nothing.

/etc/resolv.conf says nameserver is 127.0.0.53 and recommends that I run "systemd.-resolve --status"

So I do and get "command not found"
copy paste error, drop the dbl-quotes, then it returns a couple screen full of swahili.

This is getting old, so I've now made it look like the rest of my machines and still no network.
like this:

sudo -i
rm /etc/resolv.conf (get rid of the link)
nano /etc/resolv.conf
add:
nameserver 192.168.xx.1
search hosts nameserver

ctrl-o to save, ctrl-x to quit
chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf ( so N-M or whatever the flavor dejure is today can't muck with it)
ifdown eth0
gets interface eth0 not found (its still there and unmolested)
ifup eth0 (gets the same answer, not found)
ifconfig shows eth0 without an address.

So whats next? Or, where can I find a recent 6.44 based on debian? I'll just redo the u-sd, and fwiw, etcher doesn't run on this wheezy box, so dd is the tool here.