This thread from a while back seems very similar if not the same problem that I'm experiencing;
http://communities.vmware.com/message/604081#604081
I downloaded the Solaris 10 Update 3 from Sun's site, and I'm trying to
run in on VMware Fusion 1.1.1 on a MacBook Pro with a core 2 duo
processor. I followed all of the steps concerning driver_aliases,
name_in_major, and /kernel/drv above, have rebooted after touching
/reconfigure that were contained in that thread. I still get the;
Failed to plumb IPv4 interface(s): vmxnet0
Failed to configure IPv4 DHCP interface(s): vmxnet0
when booting up the Solaris VM. And best I can tell networking is not
working at all within the VM. More about ifconfig behavior below.
The very first line of the Solaris boot messages indicate that it is
SunOS 5.10 and is 32-bit. I was getting errors about 32 / 64 bit
"mismatch", and currently have;
monitor_control.disable_longmode = "1"
set to make everything 32-bit.
I am setting the machine's hostname via the /etc/nodename file, and
that appears to be working correctly. My desired endstate is that this
VM configure the networking via DHCP, and I have modified
PARAM_REQUEST_LIST to remove 12 in /etc/default/dhcpagent so the DHCP
request does not ask for a hostname.
My .vmx file entries relative to ethernet are;
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:71:6d:23"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
Currently prtconf -D | grep 1022 returns;
prtconf -D |grep 1022
pci1022,2000, instance #1 (driver name: vmxnet)
I believe I have set the eeprom file to boot 32-bit, eeprom returns;
eeprom
kbd-type=US-English
ata-dma-enabled=1
atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0
ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
ttyb-ignore-cd=true
ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true
ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
lba-access-ok=1
prealloc-chunk-size=0x2000
bootpath=/pci@0,0/pci-ide@7,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:a
console=text
boot-file=kernel/unix
There is currently an empty file named /etc/dhcp.vmxnet0, and a file
/etc/hostname.vmxnet0 that has my desired hostname as its' only
conents. (I've seen some confusing guidance on the contents of this
file, some say it should be empty, others say it should have the
hostname).
Lastly, here are 2 what should be relevant ifconfig commands and their output;
ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
ifconfig vmxnet0 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: vmxnet0: Invalid argument
What else should I be checking, any ideas on why this is not working? I
would really like to get this working, and appreciate any guidance that
can be provided.
