Windows 2008 - Ethernet controller splat

[trdavis55]

I have installed Longhorn with help from a couple of posts here, but am getting a splat on the ethernet controller in Device Manager. Where may I find the drivers for this?

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

If you haven't done so, you'll want to change the NIC to emulate an Intel PRO/1000 card. Shut down the VM and then edit the VMX to change the line for the NIC to ethernet0.virtualdev = "e1000"

[VirtualNoitall]

Hello,

I followed this doc and had success: http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/23/windows-server-2008-beta-3-on-esx-server/

Hope that helps!

[trdavis55]

The link that was posted is how I managed to get the DVD recognized to use the .ISO file to load 2008. That was very helpful.

However, the comments about the VMX will take a little more research on my part as I have not edited one of those before.

Thanks!

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You'd need to login at the console or with SSH and then go to the folder where the VM's files are. Then run nano .vmx and add the line.

Have you installed VMware tools into this VM?

[VirtualNoitall]

OK, I did not have to do anything with the nic though. What OS did you select when you created the virtual machine? Vista?

[trdavis55]

I am unsure what the commands were in this reply as I know nothing about Linux and one of my coworkers recognized some of it as Linux. However, I added the line you suggested to the VMX file successfully.

Thanks very much!

[trdavis55]

I actually used Win 2003 Standard and it still worked.

[VirtualNoitall]

OK that explains it. If you use Vista you work around that issue. No edit would be necessary.