Opened 11 years ago
#12487 new enhancement
Disable ICH9 Chipset for NetWare Guests
| Reported by: | kumba | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Windows |
Description
After a fair bit of experimentation, confusion, and trial/error, I have determined that using the ICH9 chipset on a variety of NetWare guests just leads to many issues, one of which is extremely subtle.
For example, if running a NetWare 4.2 SP9 guest (PIIX3 chipset), IPX-only, NDS 6.21, and you try to install an NW5.1SP8/NW6.0SP5 guest into the existing tree, also IPX-only, but using the ICH9 chipset, then the second guest cannot see the first over IPX. I even ran a packet capture and the two were definitely talking to each other during the initial setup, but once you try to install the second guest into the first's tree, they stop and IPX just breaks down. Setting the second guest back to PIIX3 chipset solves this problem.
So I think the best thing to do is to just disable the chipset field in the guest properties if the chosen guest type is "Other/NetWare" so people who try this in the future don't go through the same punishment.
