Re: [Call For Testing] VirtualBox for FreeBSD! take 4

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:37:46 +0930
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Richard Kuhns wrote:
> Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 May 2009, Richard Kuhns wrote:
> >> NAT host port 2222 to ssh (22) in virtual machine 'psyche'.
> >> Do this while the VM isn't running.
> >>
> >> $ VBoxManage setextradata psyche \
> >>
> >> "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/Protocol" TCP
> >> $ VBoxManage setextradata psyche \
> >>
> >> "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/GuestPort" 22
> >> $ VBoxManage setextradata psyche \
> >>
> >> "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/guestssh/HostPort" 2222
> >>
> >> Now you can just 'ssh -p 2222 localhost' to get into that
> >> particular VM.
> >
> > Ah that is nice, however I picked the Intel controller.. How do I
> > work out the magic name for that? getextradata doesn't list
> > anything :(
>
> s/pcnet/e1000/

Ahah, I tried 82540EM..

> According to the user manual, anyhow. So far the only VMs I've

I guess I should read that :)

> created are running XP and a couple of Linux distros, and I haven't
> changed controllers.

I put Windows in one and I though an e1000 would be nicer, although I 
must confess I've hardly thrashed it :)

> I'll say again that this port has really been a godsend. I've used
> VMware Workstation on Windows XP in the past, but being able to stick
> to FreeBSD has greatly simplified my life. Now my Windoze box can go
> back to being used for the occasional game, as God intended.

Heh indeed, it's handy.
Good for running some legacy code too..

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