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Windows Vista RC2 Ethernet Driver

Submitted by Michael Brunker on October 21, 2006 - 11:42am.

Maybe someone has already posted this issue but without a search facility it is hard to find :-(...
I have just created a Windows Vista RC2 LivePC however the install did not install an ethernet driver. What driver should I be using and where can I find it?

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Hi,

Submitted by John Whaley on October 21, 2006 - 9:45pm.

Hi,

Click to configure your Vista LivePC, and add the following line to the VMX section:

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

This will make the Ethernet device look like an e1000 device, which Vista includes a default driver for on the install DVD.

For performance, you also want to be sure that the guest OS type is Vista:

guestos = "longhorn"

Also, make sure USB is not present or Vista will crash on shutdown.

usb.present = "false"

-John

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Thanks. This worked well. So

Submitted by Michael Brunker on October 22, 2006 - 3:01am.

Thanks. This worked well. So what you are saying then is that you cannot use a USB with Vista? Damn...

regards,
Michael Brunker

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No, in the current version

Submitted by John Whaley on October 23, 2006 - 12:29am.

No, in the current version you cannot hook USB devices to a Vista guest. It's just a bug in the current release - I'm sure it will be fixed by the next release...

-John

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