[openbeos] Re: Haiku, Virtual PC 2007, and networking

> Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: 
> > I'm looking forward to the app. Unfortunately, Virtual PC doesn't 
> > allow you to choose the emulation, and it's even possible that it's 
> > allowing the virtualized OS to access the real hardware to enhance 
> > the 
> > virtualization speed. I'm using an NVidia nForce 430B chipset 
> > motherboard (Asus M2NBP-VM CSM), and I'm not sure if NVidia is 
> > using 
> > their own ethernet chips or someone else's (such as DEC). When I 
> > get 
> > home tonight, I'll try dropping the drivers from BeOS Max into the 
> > Haiku installation and see what happens. I'll post the results.
> The ethernet chipset is the DEC 21140 chipset, and it does indeed use 
> the BeOS Tulip driver, which works properly (seemingly at least) 
> under 
> Haiku.

I use the tulip driver in Haiku, works quite well AFAIK.
Under Zeta I have to ifconfig down; dhconfig off; dhconfig on at boot 
to get DHCP working, but IIRC it works in Haiku so it might be BONE's 
fault.

François.

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