[gentoo-user] [way OT]network drivers for windows xp guest in vmware player?

[gentoo-user] [way OT]network drivers for windows xp guest in vmware player?

[b.n.]

Hi,
sorry if asking this here but there is always a bit of vmware-related 
activity in this ML, so I guess I can find someone rapidly helping me.

I have successfully installed a WinXP SP2 guest in vmware-player, using 
easyVMX for building the virtual machine config. Everything works well, 
except for networking.

The problem is, Windows complains the ethernet card has no drivers, so 
it refuses to connect.

Googling, searching vmware forums etc. didn't help. Anyone says "just 
select NAT in the player and it works".

Any hint?

thanks!
m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] [way OT]network drivers for windows xp guest in vmware player?

[Richard Fish]

On 1/14/07, b.n. <brullonulla@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is, Windows complains the ethernet card has no drivers, so
> it refuses to connect.

My guess is that your network card is configured for the vmware
"vmxnet" adapter (rather than the pcnet32-compatible) in the .vmx
file.  This requires a vmware-supplied driver, usually installed by
installing vmware-tools in the guest OS.  I'm not sure how you do that
with player.  You could try temporarily installing/configuring
vmware-server, which would let you do this.  Or you could try
something like [1].

-Richard

[1] http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Installing_VMware_Tools_with_VMware_Player.html
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[gentoo-user] problem installing from livecd 2006.1

[Fei Liu]

Hello new to gentoo here but I got fair amount of experience with linux. 
Just wondering with livecd, do I still need to get a separate stage3 
tar.bz2 file? It seems I could never get a installation successful with 
just livecd. ( I normally use GTR+dynamic option to ask stage3 built 
dynamically). I can install through nfs or chroot mount (wget stage3 and 
portage file to local disk) just fine.

I am also looking for a good guide or manual about installing from 
livecd. Preferrably I should be able to install from livecd on a host 
computer without any network connection (networkless).

Thanks,
Fei
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Re: [gentoo-user] [way OT]network drivers for windows xp guest in vmware player?

[b.n.]

Richard Fish ha scritto:
> On 1/14/07, b.n. <brullonulla@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The problem is, Windows complains the ethernet card has no drivers, so
>> it refuses to connect.
> 
> My guess is that your network card is configured for the vmware
> "vmxnet" adapter (rather than the pcnet32-compatible) in the .vmx
> file.  This requires a vmware-supplied driver, usually installed by
> installing vmware-tools in the guest OS.  I'm not sure how you do that
> with player.  You could try temporarily installing/configuring
> vmware-server, which would let you do this.  Or you could try
> something like [1].

Thanks, problem anyway solved quite trivially: I had to switch the type 
of network card to "vlance" instead of "e1000" (I knew about the 
vmxnet). Problem is I didn't find mention of the fact vlance was 
preferred by windows (while a Linux guest worked well with e1000...)

Sorry for the inconvenience!

m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] problem installing from livecd 2006.1

[Fei Liu]

Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 January 2007 21:04, Fei Liu wrote:
>
>   
>> I am also looking for a good guide or manual about installing from
>> livecd. Preferrably I should be able to install from livecd on a host
>> computer without any network connection (networkless).
>>     
>
> What about the official handbook?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml
>
> There is a specific handbook which covers networkless install:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.1/index.xml
>
> hth
>   
Thank you, 2nd link is exactly what I am looking for.
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Re: [gentoo-user] problem installing from livecd 2006.1

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Tuesday 16 January 2007 21:04, Fei Liu wrote:

> I am also looking for a good guide or manual about installing from
> livecd. Preferrably I should be able to install from livecd on a host
> computer without any network connection (networkless).

What about the official handbook?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml

There is a specific handbook which covers networkless install:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.1/index.xml

hth
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