[gPXE] No network devices found when using gpxe and virtualbox

[Sean Shoufu Luo]

I have met similar problem in Bochs 4.2 some day before. And resolved with
Stefan's help. Maybe not the same problem as you, just paste the link for
you reference:

http://www.mail-archive.com/gpxe@etherboot.org/msg00179.html

Good Luck!

Sean

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Nathan Mitchell <nmitchel at mcs.anl.gov>wrote:

> Okay guys,
>
>         Here is a strange one. I'm putting together a series of virtual
> machines for testing some boot management software. We have the setup
> mirrored with physical hardware, so
>   I know it works.
>
>         The basic setup is one machine will run several virtual machines
> and when they boot they need to load gpxe from tftp. This part works, gpxe
> is successfully found and loaded,
>   thus the network functions up till this point. However, once gpxe loads
> and probes for network interfaces, it displays the "No more network devices"
> message. Just the header and that message.
>   I am at a loss as to what is going on here. I've tried different virtual
> network cards and even loading gpxe as the vm's rom - all have produced the
> same results. Now I've seen other people use
>   gpxe with virtualbox and even the wiki has instructions ( those I
> followed for the rom ), so I believe its possible but I must be doing
> something wrong. If anyone has any ideas on how I might figure out
>   whats happening here, I'd be most grateful.
>
>          -- Nathan
>
>   VM info:
>
> Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.4
> (C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation
> All rights reserved.
>
> Name:            vm01
> Guest OS:        Other Linux
> UUID:            af9b754f-fe1a-4413-af86-4336398bdbb1
> Config file:     /home/vmadmin/.VirtualBox/Machines/vm01/vm01.xml
> Hardware UUID:   af9b754f-fe1a-4413-af86-4336398bdbb1
> Memory size:     128MB
> Page Fusion:     off
> VRAM size:       8MB
> HPET:            off
> Number of CPUs:  1
> Synthetic Cpu:   off
> CPUID overrides: None
> Boot menu mode:  message and menu
> Boot Device (1): Network
> Boot Device (2): DVD
> Boot Device (3): HardDisk
> Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
> ACPI:            on
> IOAPIC:          off
> PAE:             on
> Time offset:     0 ms
> RTC:             local time
> Hardw. virt.ext: on
> Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
> Nested Paging:   on
> Large Pages:     off
> VT-x VPID:       on
> State:           running (since 2010-06-28T14:41:48.322000000)
> Monitor count:   1
> 3D Acceleration: off
> 2D Video Acceleration: off
> Teleporter Enabled: off
> Teleporter Port: 0
> Teleporter Address:
> Teleporter Password:
> NIC 1:           MAC: 080027C021E6, Attachment: Host-only Interface 'tap1',
> Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported
> speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0
> NIC 2:           disabled
> NIC 3:           disabled
> NIC 4:           disabled
> NIC 5:           disabled
> NIC 6:           disabled
> NIC 7:           disabled
> NIC 8:           disabled
> Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
> Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
> UART 1:          I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, attached to pipe (client)
> '/vbox_serial/vm01_A'
> UART 2:          disabled
> Audio:           disabled
> Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
> Video mode:      720x400x0
> VRDP:            disabled
> USB:             disabled
>
> USB Device Filters:
>
> <none>
>
> Available remote USB devices:
>
> <none>
>
> Currently Attached USB Devices:
>
> <none>
>
> Shared folders:  <none>
>
> VRDP Connection:    not active
> Clients so far:     0
>
> Guest:
>
> Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB
>
>
>
>
> VM logs:
>     see attached
>
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