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| | vlance | pcnet32 | ''1022:2000'' | ''10222000.rom'' | | | vlance | pcnet32 | ''1022:2000'' | ''10222000.rom'' | | ||
| | vmxnet | (not supported) | ''15ad:0720'' | | | | vmxnet | (not supported) | ''15ad:0720'' | | | ||
| - | | vmxnet3 | (not supported) | ''15ad:07b0'' | | | + | | vmxnet3 | vmxnet3 | ''15ad:07b0'' | ''15ad07b0.rom'' | |
| Select one of the supported network adapters, and ensure that your virtual machine is configured to use this adapter. You can do this by editing the [[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1714|.vmx file]] that defines your virtual machine, and changing the setting | Select one of the supported network adapters, and ensure that your virtual machine is configured to use this adapter. You can do this by editing the [[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1714|.vmx file]] that defines your virtual machine, and changing the setting | ||
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| [[:download|Download]] iPXE and then build ROM images for all of the supported network adapters using: | [[:download|Download]] iPXE and then build ROM images for all of the supported network adapters using: | ||
| - | make bin/8086100f.mrom bin/808610d3.mrom bin/10222000.rom | + | make bin/8086100f.mrom bin/808610d3.mrom bin/10222000.rom bin/15ad07b0.rom |
| - | Copy the iPXE ROM images ''8086100f.mrom'', ''808610d3.mrom'' and ''10222000.rom'' to a suitable location (e.g. to the directory ''/usr/lib/vmware/resources/''). | + | Copy the iPXE ROM images ''8086100f.mrom'', ''808610d3.mrom'', ''10222000.rom'' and ''15ad07b0.rom'' to a suitable location (e.g. to the directory ''/usr/lib/vmware/resources/''). |
| ===== Configuring the virtual machine ===== | ===== Configuring the virtual machine ===== | ||
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| nbios.filename = "/usr/lib/vmware/resources/10222000.rom" | nbios.filename = "/usr/lib/vmware/resources/10222000.rom" | ||
| # nxbios.filename = "" | # nxbios.filename = "" | ||
| - | # nx3bios.filename = "" | + | nx3bios.filename = "/usr/lib/vmware/resources/15ad07b0.rom" |
| (replacing ''/usr/lib/vmware/resources/'' with the name of the directory to which you copied the iPXE ROM images). | (replacing ''/usr/lib/vmware/resources/'' with the name of the directory to which you copied the iPXE ROM images). | ||
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| {{ :clipart:smile.png?200x200 |Success}} | {{ :clipart:smile.png?200x200 |Success}} | ||
| + | ===== Advanced features ===== | ||
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| + | ==== The VMware logfile console ==== | ||
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| + | VMware creates a log file for each virtual machine, which is usually the file ''vmware.log'' in the same directory as the virtual machine's ''.vmx'' file. | ||
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| + | You can record the output from iPXE in this log by enabling the build option ''[[:buildcfg:CONSOLE_VMWARE]]''. For example: | ||
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| + | 2012-02-28T23:23:58.016Z| vmx| I120: Ethernet0 MAC Address: 00:0c:29:3a:7d:f2 | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:23:59.145Z| vmx| I120: VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 1 | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:23:59.356Z| vcpu-0| I120: Intel VT enabled. | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:23:59.359Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMM initialized. | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:23:59.362Z| vcpu-0| I120: Monitor has started | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:24:02.775Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:24:02.778Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: iPXE 1.0.0+ -- http://ipxe.org | ||
| + | 2012-02-28T23:24:02.781Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: Features: iSCSI HTTP DNS bzImage PXE PXEXT | ||
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| + | ==== VMware GuestInfo settings ==== | ||
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| + | You can configure | ||
