VirtualBox, Linux, ethernet question...

[Yoram Halberstam]

ok command line works... was still in root mode doh!

VBoxManage modifyvm "Minimum Server" --bridgeadapter1 eth0

network still doesn't work....

PS: Question like this... Why use the command line if you configure it
already in the GUI?

2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <yoram.halberstam at gmail.com>

> Ok, here is when Linux loose me! NEver had to comand line anything on
> Windows so thanks for hinting me toward the solution.
>
> I've tried the command and got
>
> [root at desktop eclipse]# VBoxManage modifyvm "desktop.lan" --bridgeadapter1
> eth0
> VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.2.4
> (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR: Could not find a registered machine named 'desktop.lan'
> Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox,
> interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
> Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]), machine.asOutParam())" at line 853
> of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp
>
> desktop.lan is what I get when I type hostname....
>
>
> 2009/6/15 Giuseppe Fuggiano <giuseppe.fuggiano at gmail.com>
>
>> 2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <yoram.halberstam at gmail.com>:
>> > I've tried them all...
>> >
>> > it says something like this:
>> >
>> > eth0  device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev
>> 10)
>> > eth0 Starting  DHCP4 client . . . . . . . . .
>> > eth0 DHCP4 continues in backround
>> > waiting
>> > waiting for mandatory devices:   eth0 __NSC__
>> > 5 3 1
>> > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev
>> 10)
>> > eth0  DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
>> > eth0  . . . but is still waiting for data
>> > waiting
>> > eth0  interface could not be set up until now
>> > failedSetting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . failed
>>
>> If I understood your issue, you should not try to get an ip address
>> within the guest machine until the host one is configured well.  I
>> suggest you to configure the host machine using a command like this:
>>
>> VBoxManage modifyvm "Name of your Machine" --bridgeadapter1 eth0
>>
>> where eth0 is the host interface you are using.  You also can manage
>> the network configuration using the GUI shipped with the package.  Let
>> me point you to the official user manual instructions:
>>
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#networkingdetails
>>
>> --
>> Giuseppe
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>
>
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