Dan Barker wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: VMWare Network Interface driver needed. > > I've moved my [working] LFS 6.3 from real SATA to VMWARE (Server 1.0.4)SCSI. > I added the BusLogic SCSI support in the kernel and it boots fine. > > However, it can't find eth0. > > lspci says: "Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 > [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10)". > > I've enabled all AMD<anything> I can find in the kernel, and no joy. Anyone > know how to see the VMWare virtualized NIC? > > The LFS-Live CD sees it fine. > > Dan Barker > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Enabling them in the kernel should have done it. Try installing the support > tools as they contain source for kernel modules for the PCNET and VLANCE > cards. > > Loren Foret > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Lovely word, "should". > PCNET is enabled. > LANC does not appear in my .config, on or off, except inside of BALANCE. > I'm not sure what you mean by "support tools". net-tools, libtool and > module-iinit-tools are all installed (I was deep into X in blfs before I had > to move the machine). > > Is there a package I need to install to make VLANCE be there? What? Whatever > it is, the Live CD doesn't need it. My old Slackware 2.4 doesn't need it. > > dmesg | grep eth shows "eth0: registered as Pcnet/PCI II 79C970A" which is > encouraging, but the network won't activate ("eth0 not found"). > > > VMware tools is something that vmware supplies, to help improve functionality. vmware should be popping a dialogue up for the vmware tools to be installed when you start up the vm.
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