On 04/28/2010 04:03 PM, Uwe Dippel wrote:
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> Trying to install a virtual OpenBSD on OpenBSD 4.6 on amd64, I did:
>
> # env ETHER=em0 qemu -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap -m 32 -monitor 
> stdio -no-fd-bootchk -hda virtual.img \
> -cdrom cd46.iso -boot d
>
> as described in 
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/emulators/qemu/files/README.OpenBSD?rev=1.... 
>
> It does start the install, everything, but I can't seem to get any 
> network connection. dhcp times out. I restarted, and tried the usual 
> qemu 10.0.2.0/24 as fixed addresses (and given in that site); but no fun.
> Restarted again and set some addresses of the network in which the 
> host runs, 192.168.1.0/24. At least, I could ping the (real) gateway 
> of the host, and even an outside server holding the installation 
> files. Strange enough, though, the ftp to get the .tgz closes 
> immediately with some 'connection refused', though I can ping it from 
> the guest-to-be installed, as well as ftp to it from the host.
> I used qemu on Knoppix before, and it always offered dhcp out of the box.
>
> Where is my mistake?
>
> Uwe
>
>
You're not mistaking, Realtek is. Stay away from them, virtual or not,
and try the other NICs qemu has to offer. It will work.