Hello


I notice that my 1st VPC guest is trying to acquire an IP VIA DHCP...... is
this the only option ? we do not use DHCP

> I notice that my 1st VPC guest is trying to acquire an IP VIA DHCP......

> is
> this the only option ? we do not use DHCP

Does the VM screen show a message about 'PXE Boot Agent'?

If yes, then the virtual machine it's trying to boot from network, because
you did not 'insert' any bootable media, nor did you somehow made the
virtual harddisk bootable.

Capture a bootable CD/ floppy or image of one (ISO or VFD) and boot from
that to install an OS on the virtual harddisk (including partitioning and
formating it), the same way you would do with a brand new and absolutely
blank physical PC.

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:58:01 -0800, Dan DeCoursey
<DanDeCoursey@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello
>
>
>I notice that my 1st VPC guest is trying to acquire an IP VIA DHCP...... is
>this the only option ? we do not use DHCP

A VM works just like any other box, if you can enter a static IP in
the OS on a real system, you can do it in a VM.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/