[CentOS] CentOS 7 in VirtualBox

Thu Jul 10 18:42:43 UTC 2014
Thomas Eriksson <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu>


On 07/10/2014 11:38 AM, Wes James wrote:
> 
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> On Jul 10, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Thomas Eriksson
> <thomas.eriksson at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
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>> On 07/10/2014 11:19 AM, Wes James wrote:
>>> I installed CentOS 7 in VirtualBox in OS X Yosemite, but the NIC
>>> is not getting an IP address. So I thought it was a problem with
>>> the thunderbolt adapter. I then installed CentOS 7 in VirtualBox
>>> on a box with CentOS 6.5. The network doesn't work in the VM
>>> either. Anyone tried CentOS 7 in VirtualBox (latest version) and
>>> have the network working?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> -wes
>> 
>> 
>> I'm running CentOS7 in VirtualBox 3.4.12 on RHEL6.5 without
>> issues. Emulated network adapter is Intel PRO/1000 MT.
>> 
>> Thomas
> 
> Hmmm.  I have windows 8.1, linux mint vm's on my centos 6.5 box and
> they all work with networking, but centos 7 vm doesn't have any
> networking.  Do I need to install the VM tools for the network to
> work.  I don't remember having to do that.  In cents 7 vm's, I don't
> get the nat'd IP address that is usually there :(
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -wes 

Didn't install anything extra, just chose the "Gnome Desktop"
installation and everything works as expected. Network is NAT.

	Thomas