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

On 6/13/21 5:23 PM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 04:26:26 -0400, Viktor Madarasz 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Im trying to make S.u.s.e Linux 5.1 work under Virtualbox.
> 
> Why? Getting ready for 25th anniversary?
> 
>> 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:
> 
> Probably not impossible, not definitely not going to be easy and won't work
> with vb without hacking it.
> 
> According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux version 5.1 was 
> release
> in 1997.
> 
> The virtualbox guest additions have to work in concert with the version 
> of vb
> running on the host.
> 
> According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox the very first 
> release of
> vb was in 2007, a decade later.
> 
> As a kernel from 1997 likely did not support dynamic device creation, 
> you'd have to
> have the appropriate files in /dev, and a hacked version of the vb guest 
> kernel
> modules that work with the 1997 suse linux kernel, or a hacked version 
> of that
> kernel to work with the vb guest modules.
> 
> Unless you have experience with kernel development, I wouldn't even 
> consider trying
> to do it.
> 
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
> 

No not for the 25th anniversary .. tough it could be
I wanted to try out Applixware Office Suite ( i had on a separate ISO 
came bundled with the same Suse 5.1 release .. I did install and 
Applixware office indeed works correctly under 5.1  ( I think the 
Applixware 4.7.3 documentation said Suse <= 5.1 hence me trying the Suse 
5.1 in Virtualbox )

No, no experience with kernel development at all unfortunatelly ... I 
guess networking will be a problem then .. Well I can always install it 
on an IBM S50 I have laying here to run it on Bare Metal for a change


Viktor