Hi, Virtual PC (just like all virtualisation products) will present emulated/virtualised hardware to the guest OS. You do not load the driver for the physical hardware. Instead load the driver for the appropriate emulated hardware (which I believe is some Intel NIC).
A quick google turned up: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/10/30/installing-dos-additions-under-vpc-2007.aspx That should probably get the emulated NIC working for you Cheers Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2008 9:49 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: DOS networking in a Virtual PC > > > Does anyone know is this possible? > I have a virtual PC setup on an XP sp2 Dell system with a 3c920 Integrated > Fast Ethernet 3C905C-tx compatible NIC. > I booted the system from a floppy and verified that the NIC will load with > this driver. > I comes up > SLOT=12 > IRQ 11 > Port DC80 > Board 1 > > I have installed DOS 6.2 in the virtual machine. > When I try to load the driver for the 3c90x I get this > Slot 65535, IRQ 0 > Max Frame 1514 bytes, Line Speed 10Mbps > Board 1, Frame ETHERNET_II, LSB Mode > > Network adapter not found or not responding > > 3C90X-DOS-6: The adapter did not initialize. 3C90X did not load. > > Has anyone else had any success setting up DOS networking on a Virtual > system? > TIA > B > > > . > . > Why didn't George Washington's father punish him for chopping down the > Cherry Tree? > > George still had the ax. > . > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
