Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:28:27 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VBox network boot Message-ID: <878vjlbik4.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202281550050.74400@wonkity.com> (Warren Block's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:56:52 -0700 (MST)") References: <4F4CD476.4020005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202280910180.72698@wonkity.com> <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202281550050.74400@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 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. > > Updated in the PXE article, thanks. Thank you, that makes it perfectly clear. I had initially ignored that suggestion, thinking that it wasn't important! -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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