Network boot LinuxMCE through VirtualBox (Ubuntu host)

purps · Post by **purps** » 18. Jan 2009, 21:56

Does anybody know if it is possible to do a network boot through VirtualBox running in Ubuntu Intrepid please?

Currently, when booting, my virtual LMCE media director hangs on "[53.846691] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX" during startup.

My /etc/network/interfaces currently looks like this:

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Do I need to add something in /etc/network/interfaces to do a netboot?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 20. Jan 2009, 21:17

The manual describes how to do a PXE boot. Make sure the VM runs in the suitable networking mode so it can recieve these PXE commands. NAT won't work with PXE.

purps · Post by **purps** » 22. Jan 2009, 12:12

I read the manual before I posted.

I have managed to get the PXE boot to work, but it then hangs halfway through startup. I think I need to add something to my /etc/network/interfaces, but I don't have the faintest idea as to what.

In the manual, it says that PXE is now supported using NAT.