From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 29 00:54:53 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 B6F30106564A for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722038FC12 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:54:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1T0sqHk075297 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:54:52 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q1T0sqBO075294 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:54:52 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:54:52 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4F4D6C99.1000604@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Message-ID: References: <4F4CD476.4020005@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <87d38yc2is.fsf@oak.localnet> <4F4D6C99.1000604@herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:54:52 -0700 (MST) 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: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:54:53 -0000 On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Da Rock wrote: > On 02/29/12 03:04, Carl Johnson wrote: >> 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. > 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 .