Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:54:52 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VBox network boot Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202281752470.75289@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4F4D6C99.1000604@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F4CD476.4020005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202280910180.72698@wonkity.com> <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet> <4F4D6C99.1000604@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Da Rock wrote: > On 02/29/12 03:04, Carl Johnson wrote: >> Warren Block<wblock@wonkity.com> writes: >> >>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Da Rock wrote: >>> >>>> I'm starting to believe this dog won't hunt (in fact is dead, >>>> bloated, and full of worms...); but has anyone got a solution for >>>> network booting in VBox on FBSD host? >>> To PXE-boot a VM guest, set networking to to Bridged and use the >>> PCnet-PCI II (Am79C970A) adapter type. If the host is FreeBSD, the >>> vboxnet kernel module has to be loaded. >> Please emphasize that the PCnet-PCI II card emulation is necessary. I >> was trying the Intel emulation and making no progress. I then noticed >> your page and tried the PCnet-PCI II card and it started working. I >> would guess that means their Intel card emulation is incomplete. > I took it for granted the bridge part (I usually use it anyway), but I would > never have guessed the PCnet card in a blue fit! There was even a PR on > virtualbox for the issue of the lack of PXE with Oracle basically saying "too > bad, so sad...". Apparently PXE licensing didn't allow them to distribute it > directly, but offer an extension pack (which doesn't work on FBSD) instead. > Ergo my conclusion. Apparently (based on this thread) it only affects intel > cards though... > > Where is your page Warren, and why didn't it show up in my searches? ;) I'll > follow it from here on out I think... Sorry, it's at http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pxe.html .
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