No pxe boot on virtual box guests

[Frank Thommen]

Is your VM currently running?  stop it and retry.  You cannot change 
settings while the VM is running

f.


On 01/26/2016 05:47 PM, Christian Linden wrote:
> Adapters 2-4 are grey/inactive.. I can’t enable/configure them =(
> Would need any vboxmanage add nic or similar..
>
>
>
>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 17:38, Ronald Steele <rsteele at adaptivemethods.com
>> <mailto:rsteele at adaptivemethods.com>> wrote:
>>
>> In VB, select your fai server VM, the click on “Network”.  VB is weird
>> because you have to click on the word “Network”, not on the icon.
>> This brings up the Networking menu. Between the menu bar at the top
>> and the particulars for the interface below is a line of adapters.
>> Just select “Adapter 1”, " Adapter 2” and configure away.
>> Note that you can change the MAC address here also, and for clients it
>> mush match what is in the dhcpd.conf and the boot config file in
>> /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg
>>
>>> On Jan 26, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Christian Linden <lindomatic at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:lindomatic at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you all for your replies! =)
>>>
>>> I’m running 5.0.10 r104061 on latest OS X on MacBook Pro.
>>> Everything to see in syslog with -vvvv in the tftp options is
>>> nothing, just the dhcp info.
>>> daemon.log is silent as well.
>>>
>>> I think as well that there’s any conflict regarding the built in tftp
>>> server from vbox.
>>>
>>> But Ron, you are not fitting in the over all experience =)
>>> Prob I have is I just can choose one adapter in this box; there’s no
>>> add option I could see.. any hint?
>>> Adding it on the faiserver or via vbox?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 17:12, Ronald Steele <rsteele at adaptivemethods.com
>>>> <mailto:rsteele at adaptivemethods.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I’m working with this setup right now.  TFTP seems to be working fine.
>>>> I’m using “Internal Network” for the installation clients.  The fai
>>>> server has two networks, the same “Internal Network” to boot the
>>>> clients on and bridged network to get to it from the VB host.
>>>> You MUST have a wired, not WI-FI network because the bridged network
>>>> will not work over WI-FI for most if not all WI-FI chips.  I’ve
>>>> never gotten it to work using a NATed network to the host, and I
>>>> don’t know why.
>>>> Also, my VB host is a Mac Mini running the latest OSX.
>>>> Make sure you are running a VB version 5+ as it’s MUCH faster than
>>>> earlier versions.
>>>>
>>>> Host this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
>>>> Now is someone could tell me why the client boot fails on the first
>>>> boot from the hard drive, that would be great.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 26, 2016, at 8:22 AM, Sven Schumacher
>>>>> <schumacher at tfd.uni-hannover.de
>>>>> <mailto:schumacher at tfd.uni-hannover.de>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You might try to change the type of network card, which is virtually
>>>>> simulated by Virtualbox...
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 26.01.2016 um 14:19 schrieb Christian Linden:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas went through all steps with me for a couple of days.. and
>>>>>> we both come the conclusion
>>>>>> that Virtual Box must be the culprit.
>>>>>> I’ve a faiserver as guest and want to pxe boot another guest; the
>>>>>> client gets an IP address but not the pxelinux.0
>>>>>> Connecting locally on the faiserver with a tftp client the
>>>>>> download works, hence the tftp server works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know about this problem with/among VBox guests among
>>>>>> each other?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I checked all kinds of network VBox offers: Nat, Nat network,
>>>>>> Internal Network, Bridged.. no way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sven Schumacher - Systemadministrator Tel: (0511)762-2753
>>>>> Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
>>>>> Institut für Turbomaschinen und Fluid-Dynamik       - TFD
>>>>> Appelstraße 9 - 30167 Hannover
>>>>> Institut für Kraftwerkstechnik und Wärmeübertragung - IKW
>>>>> Callinstraße 36 - 30167 Hannover
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

-- 
Frank Thommen           | HD-HuB / DKFZ Heidelberg
                         | f.thommen at dkfz-heidelberg.de
                         | +49-6221-54-5823 (Mo-Mi)
                         | +49-6221-42-3562 (Do-Fr)