Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Greg Larkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pieter Donche wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Pieter Donche >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: >>> > The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should on

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Derek Ragona wrote: You can have the FreeBSD just use DHCP to get network settings. -Derek And the magic incantation for that is: if0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf, where "if0" is the ID string for the interface you wish to configure automatically. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Flugg's Law:

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Derek Ragona
At 06:57 AM 11/22/2008, Pieter Donche wrote: If one installs FreeBSD 7.0 in a VMWare box, the answer/choicde for 'install boot manager' is this: Standard MBR ? The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? You

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Pieter Donche
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? This wo

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Glen Barber
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: > >>> The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure >>> Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? >> >> This would be contingent on how you h

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Pieter Donche
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Glen Barber wrote: The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? This would be contingent on how you have networking set up. Do you have NAT or Bridged only? If NAT, use rc.conf with the

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi, > If one installs FreeBSD 7.0 in a VMWare box, the answer/choicde for > 'install boot manager' is this: Standard MBR ? Yes, or choos not to install a boot manager. Both worked with freebsd 6.x and ESX 2.5x > Should one configure Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters > must one e

Re: FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Glen Barber
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If one installs FreeBSD 7.0 in a VMWare box, the answer/choicde for > 'install boot manager' is this: Standard MBR ? > The boot manager can be whichever you want. If you are installing on a VM, chances are you're not dual

FreeBSD in VMWare box

2008-11-22 Thread Pieter Donche
If one installs FreeBSD 7.0 in a VMWare box, the answer/choicde for 'install boot manager' is this: Standard MBR ? The PC with WMware is connect to internet. Should one configure Ethernet then. If yes, what static IP parameters must one enter?? ___ free