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When you ran vmware-config.pl, (you did run that didn't you?) did you go through the networking section and answer no to NAT and no to Host-only? Also it looks as if RH9 is trying to get a DHCP address...
You can run the script again and when prompted about skipping over networking and keep existing settings, answer NO and then use wizard, answer no to NAT and NO to Host-Only and you should be all set for Bridged mode.
I'm not sure how bridged mode would get an IP through DHCP unless the host was providing that service. I'm not sure it could get outside the host for that. Sorry, I have all ststic IPs configured here so I can't even test since I don't have a DHCP server.
I'm talking about the script on the host, where GSX is running, not on the guest where your RH9 is running without an IP... There are no resolution settings in the vmware-config.pl file, only networking, remote ports, location of vmware machines, serial number, etc.
Getting a DHCP Address in a Red Hat Linux 9.0 Virtual Machine
When a Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest operating system tries to get a DHCP address, the attempt may fail with an error message that states the link is down. On ESX Server, this happens only if you are using the vlance driver for your network connection.
To work around this problem, become root (su -) and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system. If only one of these files exist, make the change for that file only.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[n]
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth[n]
In both cases, [n] is the number of the Ethernet adapter — for example, eth0.
Add the following section to each of these two files:
check_link_down () {
return 1;
}
Then run the command ifup eth[n] (where [n] is the number of the Ethernet adapter) or restart the guest operating system.
Interestingly enough, I too was able to resolve this issue by following above solution. Was getting the same error on a RHEL3 AS Guest on Windows Vista Ultimate and VMware Server 1.0.4
Kudos...
Last edited by thekillerbean; 04-01-2008 at 07:33 AM.
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