On Monday 22 October 2007, Richard wrote: > I'm using 1.5.0_OSE, virtualbox-1.5.0-6mdv2008.0
To make this clear: This is the OSE version compiled by Mandriva itself and not by innotek. > without the built in manual, I'm using the manual from > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation > the commands VBoxAddIF and others dont exist on this system, and it s > very vaugue as to what the user should be when tuctl is used to create > the tap device. > > ie. what should the user be in this line :- > tunctl -t tap1 -u <user> > > I've myself as a user as well as vbox, I've created a group > "vboxusers" and made /dev/net/tun part of that group. > I've followed the advance networking howto > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Advanced_Networking_Linux. This will not work for newer kernels. The innotek binaries contain the /etc/init.d/vboxnet script for setting up the bridge stuff during boot. The OSE version does not contain the script. > I've noted there is a binary available for MDV2007.1 which is version > 1.5.2, however the version distributed with MDV2008 is 1.5.0. > I don't want to load the MDV2007.1 binary as the headers will point to > an old distribution. Can you explain this a bit more? Which headers will point to an old version? Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert innotek GmbH, http://www.innotek.de
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