On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Alexey Eremenko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a windows 7 64-bit host, vbox was 3.0.12 >> >> created a vm named centos basic configuration, 1 nic, NAT, intel pro >> 1000 adapter. >> >> I use the net install of centos 5.4 and the net install cd could not >> get a dhcp address with this configuration, I shut off the vm played >> with adapter settings and finally found that the pcnet III card seemed >> to work well. and I was able to get a dhcp address and do the net >> install. >> > So you choose CentOS 5.4 -- 64 or 32bit VM ? Which Intel E1000 ? MT Desktop > ? >
Centos 5.4 64 bit sorry I didnt mention it, and the adapter I tried unsuccessfully were the MT desktop, and the MT server. In my initial testing I must have missed the T server. I dont remember even seeing that before. anyway upon testing the T server adapter this AM that seems to work, so at least now I have gigabit inside my linux guests. Thanks for making me take a better look at this. FreeBSD guest still doesn't like any adapter but the pcnet II > With 3.1.0 you also can use VirtIO. It can go above 1Gbps speeds. CentOS > .5.3/5.4 supports it. > Good to know, thanks for the information. My apologies to Alexey who got this as a private email because I forgot to hit the right reply button. Rance _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
