Re: Suse Linux 5.1 under Virtualbox ( Unable to make the network card work)

On 13/06/2021 10.26, Viktor Madarasz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Im trying to make S.u.s.e Linux 5.1 work under Virtualbox.

Wow :-D

I have 5.3 "working" under Vmware Player.

This moment I don't remember what is working on it and what not. I have 
not tried to boot it since I migrated my desktop from Intel to AMD, so 
it might not work.


> I got X Windows and Gnome2 work 800x600 with decent color depth
> 
> The only thing I can not make it to work is the network interface card:
> 
> - it shows up as dummy0 interface ( i set static IP for it )
> - i tried autoload kernel modules for network card with the boot disk 
> but none of them seem to recognize it or load correctly
> - in virtualbox I selected PCNet-FAST III (Am79C973)
> 
> I also tried to install Virtualbox guest addition tools under Suse 5.1 
> but for the moment it complains for missing bzip2 ( i tried a few 
> versions 1.0 , 1.2, etc.  but they either give a lot of dependency 
> requirements ( packages i again do not have on the install iso like 
> bzip2-libs libc.so.6 libbz2.s0.1 rpmlib or simply says Only Packages 
> with major numbers < = 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> 
> I can not seem to find manuals or admin docs for this version of suse 
> linux 5.1 either and packages are hard-er to find as well Vs what I 
> thought.

I don't have the books (paper) because that version I got from a 
magazine (two CDs). The next one I purchased and I have the paper books.

There are some servers out there (gwdg?) that have the old versions on ftp.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.