Ok, here is when Linux loose me! NEver had to comand line anything on
Windows so thanks for hinting me toward the solution.

I've tried the command and got

[r...@desktop eclipse]# VBoxManage modifyvm "desktop.lan" --bridgeadapter1
eth0
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.2.4
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

ERROR: Could not find a registered machine named 'desktop.lan'
Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox,
interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]), machine.asOutParam())" at line 853
of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp

desktop.lan is what I get when I type hostname....


2009/6/15 Giuseppe Fuggiano <[email protected]>

> 2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <[email protected]>:
> > I've tried them all...
> >
> > it says something like this:
> >
> > eth0  device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev
> 10)
> > eth0 Starting  DHCP4 client . . . . . . . . .
> > eth0 DHCP4 continues in backround
> > waiting
> > waiting for mandatory devices:   eth0 __NSC__
> > 5 3 1
> > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10)
> > eth0  DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
> > eth0  . . . but is still waiting for data
> > waiting
> > eth0  interface could not be set up until now
> > failedSetting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . failed
>
> If I understood your issue, you should not try to get an ip address
> within the guest machine until the host one is configured well.  I
> suggest you to configure the host machine using a command like this:
>
> VBoxManage modifyvm "Name of your Machine" --bridgeadapter1 eth0
>
> where eth0 is the host interface you are using.  You also can manage
> the network configuration using the GUI shipped with the package.  Let
> me point you to the official user manual instructions:
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#networkingdetails
>
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