ok command line works... was still in root mode doh! VBoxManage modifyvm "Minimum Server" --bridgeadapter1 eth0
network still doesn't work.... PS: Question like this... Why use the command line if you configure it already in the GUI? 2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <[email protected]> > 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 >> >> -- >> Giuseppe >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> > > > > -- > Yoram Halberstam > Computer Services Provider > MSN: [email protected] > -- Yoram Halberstam Computer Services Provider MSN: [email protected]
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