From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 17:05:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C176106566C for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor1.peak.org (redcondor1.peak.org [69.59.192.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5B68FC0A for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:05:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org ([207.55.16.112]) by redcondor1.peak.org ({e03e86cd-14ae-47ce-9578-3c080ce9c462}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20120228170501620 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:05:01 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from birch.localnet (unknown [207.55.106.132]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 406D06C95AE for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:05:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by birch.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC548556E8 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:04:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F93ACB9A for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:04:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q1SH4x1v085696; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:04:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F4CD476.4020005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:04:59 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Warren Block's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:15:25 -0700 (MST)") Message-ID: <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: VBox network boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:05:02 -0000 Warren Block 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. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org