-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:24:29PM +0100, Mauro Condarelli wrote: > It seems to work; it boots and I can do *almost* everything there, but I > can't get network to work (pretty useless server!). > > Problem is the NIC doesn't seem to be there... but is there! > I mean: > > dmsg says (I had to retype this because I have NO other access to this > VM but VirtualBox window and that will not allow me to select/cut/paste > text): > > pcnet32: PCnet/FAST III 79C973 at 0xc020, 08 00 27 f5 7d 81 assigned IRQ 11. > pcnet32: Found PHY 0022:561b at address 0. > eth0: registered as PCnet/FAST III 79C973 > pcnet32: 1 cards_found. > > ... but it doesn't seem to be there; e.g.: if I try to bring it manually > up I get: > > loki:~# ifconfig eth0 192.168.77.10 up > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > loki:~# > > same (or similar) errors if I try via ifup; my current /etc/network > interfaces is: > > ====================== > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.77.10 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.77.1 > ====================== > > ** SECOND QUESTION ** > What should I check? > I looked around and it all seems ok to me... but I obviously missed > something.
On my debian guest, udev seems to like renaming the pcnet32 card from eth0 to eth1. My suggestion would be to try configuring eth1 instead of eth0. > ** THIRD QUESTION ** > If and when I manage to have this work I would like to convert the real > hd to a virtual disk. > How can I do that? > I found vague hints to "creating vdi with non-empty contents", but not a > real recipe. > Pointers welcome. My suggestion here would be to image your real hd with dd, partition image, or whatever else you'd like to use, then create a blank vdi with the same or greater size, and just restore the backup to the virtual hd. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkzLLcACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAHxwCgzlBdNTuiuLsZzRDDeQ9ZqL0N 920AoJXxWGCvMvQuAXYbIZN+ENUcRIZi =r6CK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
