2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <yoram.halberstam@xxxxxxxxx>: > I've tried them all... > > it says something like this: > > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10) > eth0 Starting DHCP4 client . . . . . . . . . > eth0 DHCP4 continues in backround > waiting > waiting for mandatory devices: eth0 __NSC__ > 5 3 1 > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10) > eth0 DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running > eth0 . . . but is still waiting for data > waiting > eth0 interface could not be set up until now > failedSetting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . failed If I understood your issue, you should not try to get an ip address within the guest machine until the host one is configured well. I suggest you to configure the host machine using a command like this: VBoxManage modifyvm "Name of your Machine" --bridgeadapter1 eth0 where eth0 is the host interface you are using. You also can manage the network configuration using the GUI shipped with the package. Let me point you to the official user manual instructions: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#networkingdetails -- Giuseppe -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines