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Sorry for being a bit offtopic here, but I simply hope for some |
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experienced help in this group ... |
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I run VMware-Server 2.0.1 on a gentoo amd64-box. |
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Things work OK, I have various guests (gentoo, ubuntu, xp, solaris, ...) |
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and all of them work fine. |
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Right now I am trying to virtualize an ancient Suse Linux 6.2 box which |
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is running Linux 2.2.5. |
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It boots OK, I adjusted network-settings, chose the pcnet32-module, |
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attached that adapter to the bridged network and set the correct IP/netmask. |
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The device is found at startup, dmesg shows it and no errors. |
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ifconfig shows eth0 correct as well, but: |
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it does not ping ... I am not able to ping the guest ... the arp-cache |
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doesn not fill ... I simply don't know. |
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This is crucial as a VM without network is simply not useful. |
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Could this relate to some virtual hardware not yet supported by the old |
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kernel? |
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I see "Unknown device 15ad:07a0" in lspci, which seems to show that I |
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use a VM with version 7 ... maybe that's too new for that kernel. Will |
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try to use an older one and compare. |
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I am unsure if installing vmware-tools would even work? |
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Does someone here have some tips for me how to get that box online? |
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Thank you, Stefan |