On 10/23/07, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:39:02 +0200 > Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007, Richard wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:56:27 -0400 > > > > > > you are not comparing the same animal Brian. > > > You have loaded VirtualBox 1.5.0 OpenSource Edition (OSE)..No host > > > networking which differs from the Innotek VirtualBox 1.5.2 ...with > host > > > networking > > > > For the record: Even the 1.5.0 OSE version has host networking. The > > difference is that, with OSE, we don't distribute the helper scripts > > to setup host networking during boot, mainly bringing up the network > > interface and reserving the interface for a specified user with tunctl. > > This is necessary for Linux 2.6.18 AFAIR. This can even be done manually > > with the OSE version, but this is the task of the distributor (Mandriva > > in this case, they did a great job of integrating the VBox host and > guest > > kernel modules into their distribution btw). > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Frank > > > Frank how do you explain this section of mail you sent earlier ? > > "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." > > > First you say it wont work now you say it does...which ? > > --
I had no trouble whatsoever understanding "This can even be done manually with the OSE version." As in, it supports the functionality, but does not have the automatic configuration scripts necessary to handle it automatically.
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