[gentoo-user] [OT] Kernel 2.2.5 in VMware guest: network problems

[gentoo-user] [OT] Kernel 2.2.5 in VMware guest: network problems

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Sorry for being a bit offtopic here, but I simply hope for some
experienced help in this group ...

I run VMware-Server 2.0.1 on a gentoo amd64-box.

Things work OK, I have various guests (gentoo, ubuntu, xp, solaris, ...)
and all of them work fine.

Right now I am trying to virtualize an ancient Suse Linux 6.2 box which
is running Linux 2.2.5.

It boots OK, I adjusted network-settings, chose the pcnet32-module,
attached that adapter to the bridged network and set the correct IP/netmask.

The device is found at startup, dmesg shows it and no errors.
ifconfig shows eth0 correct as well, but:

it does not ping ... I am not able to ping the guest ... the arp-cache
doesn not fill ... I simply don't know.

This is crucial as a VM without network is simply not useful.

Could this relate to some virtual hardware not yet supported by the old
kernel?

I see "Unknown device 15ad:07a0" in lspci, which seems to show that I
use a VM with version 7 ... maybe that's too new for that kernel. Will
try to use an older one and compare.

I am unsure if installing vmware-tools would even work?

Does someone here have some tips for me how to get that box online?

Thank you, Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED [OT] Kernel 2.2.5 in VMware guest

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Stefan G. Weichinger schrieb:

> I see "Unknown device 15ad:07a0" in lspci, which seems to show that I
> use a VM with version 7 ... maybe that's too new for that kernel. Will
> try to use an older one and compare.

success! Posting here lead me to that idea and it helped. I attached the
virtual disk to a new VM, now with version 4 instead of 7 and the nic
pings now!

Sorry for the noise, Stefan