[ale] Using VMWare/Samba on a DHCP laptop

[David Corbin]

I went back and looked, and I can't find MY response on the newsgroup.

Here is the key part of the .cfg file.  I started off by hand editing
the .cfg file to get things working.  Ultimately, I think you need to
run vmware-config.pl (if I remember correctly) to get everything right,
and select BOTH Bridged and host-only networking....(it seems like
a contradiciton, but it works...)

ethernet0.present = TRUE
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet1.present = TRUE
ethernet1.connectionType = hostonly
ethernet1.vnet = /dev/vmnet1

vmnet1.hostOnlyAddress=192.168.99.1
vmnet1.hostOnlyNetmask=255.255.255.0

paul.holbrook at turner.com wrote:
> 
> David --
> 
> Do you have a pointer to the specific message?
> 
> On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, David Corbin wrote:
> 
> > I had this exact same problem, and got it solved only this week.  The
> > solution, is to us two virtual ethernet adapters in your VM.  One should be
> > bridged (as you have it now), and one should be host only. The host-only
> > network should use one of the "private IP
> > addresses", and all communication between VMs and host-OS should happen
> > here.  I posted the details of this configuration to one of the vmware news
> > groups.  If you have more questions, just let me know.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Holbrook, Paul" <Paul.Holbrook at turner.com>
> > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 12:05 PM
> > Subject: [ale] Using VMWare/Samba on a DHCP laptop
> >
> >
> > > I've got a laptop that I'm dual-booting RH 6.1 and Win98 on.  I've
> > installed Win98 under VMWare, and I'm trying to get Samba set up to allow
> > VMWare to see the other Windows partitions on my laptop.  I've got VMWare
> > set up in bridged network mode.
> > >
> > > Here's my problem: I take the laptop back and forth between home and work,
> > so I use DHCP rather than a fixed IP address when I boot Redhat.  Normally
> > to get access to my laptop's Windows partitions from Win98 under VMWare, I
> > would set up Samba on my laptop under Redhat.  But to bring up those shares
> > under VMWare/Win98, I have to give a network name of something with a fixed
> > address - something like file://myhostip/myshare.  But since my laptop
> > doesn't have a permanent IP adress, I don't have such a fixed address that I
> > can use in VMWare/Win98.
> > >
> > > Worse yet, when I boot Redhat off the network, DHCP isn't available, so I
> > don't get any IP address, and the extra bridged network interfaces Redhat
> > normally brings up for VMWare aren't even available (interfaces vmnet0 and
> > vmnet1).
> > >
> > > So, my question: what can I do under under Redhat so that:
> > >
> > > a) Win98 under VMWare will have a fixed address to get my local shares
> > from
> > >   and
> > > b) So that when I boot up Redhat offline I can still do my local samba
> > shares from Win98 under VMWare.
> > >
> > > -- Paul Holbrook
> > > paul.holbrook at turner.com
> > >
> > >
> >

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David Corbin 		
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