Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:56:52 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VBox network boot Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202281550050.74400@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <4F4CD476.4020005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202280910180.72698@wonkity.com> <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet>
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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.
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