No pxe boot on virtual box guests

[Christian Linden]

Oh my god.. what a crap is that.. then they should lock the complete settings..
Cool Frank, thank you!

c
> On 26 Jan 2016, at 19:13, Frank Thommen <f.thommen at dkfz-heidelberg.de> wrote:
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> Is your VM currently running?  stop it and retry.  You cannot change settings while the VM is running
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> f.
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> 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
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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