On Monday 12 Nov 2007, Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:08:39AM +0000, Peter Salisbury wrote:
> > I've just installed Windows ME into a fresh qemu disk. (It
> > certainly shows installing Windows is no easy matter!)
> >
> > After a lot of waiting and restarting I now have the desktop but
> > no network connection. I'm sure last time I did this it 'just
> > worked'.
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> That aside, you will probably have to start qemu with networking
> options. You need two -net options: one for the "VM" end of the
> network connection, and one for the "host" end. Think of it as a
> virtual piece of cat5 cable.
>
> The first option should simply be "-net nic", and puts a network
> interface card in the VM.
>
> The second option should be "-net user", and handles networking
> through the normal network interface. This looks to the VM like a
> form of NAT.
>
> There's all sorts of other options and tricks you can use, if
> you want fully-routed or bridged networks, or virtual networks (or
> other exotica, like running the network through a local socket).
> However, the above should be all that's necessary for a simple
> setup.
>
> Hugo.
Thanks Hugo, I've just tried that but still there's only the dialup
network adapter available. I tried 'search for new hardware' and it
found nothing new. Also the qemu docs seem to imply that -net nic is
the default anyway.
I'd just shrug and leave it but I'm sure I've had this working before
(and without any special switches). Humph!
I know Windows ME isn't great but that's the last one I bought before
seeing the light so not much choice I'm afraid.
Peter
