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VPCemulatedEthernetSwitch

VPCemulatedEthernetSwitch
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:48:08 -050
Hello everyone:

After installing VPC5.1 (guest: Windows XP) on my 'puter (host: eCS1.2),
I have lost all internet connectivity. The host 'puter has worked 
exceedingly well, internet and all, prior to the VPC installation, which 
was uneventful, quite normal, I think. I checked and rechecked the host 
'puter's TCP/IP settings and tried various start-up procedures, to no 
avail. The ethernet cable, etc., is definitely working - something has 
changed in the host machine. Could somebody suggest what might have 
changed, or how to find out what needs to be done to reconnect the host 
to the net?

The problem is probably related to my multiple attempts to connect the 
guest machine to the internet, which I cannot retrace... I am certainly 
not a windows expert.

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How to compress VPC virtual hard drives
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:35:03 GMT
I'm running VPC 5.1 under eComStation.

The guest is Windows 2000, and I want to compress the hard drive to 
make the VHD files smaller. Does someone have a procedure to do so?

Thanks.
-- 
Expert Consulting for OS/2 and eComStation
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Re: VPCemulatedEthernetSwitch
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:07:08 -050
Forget my above submission, please. I had a recent backup of the system 
disk which fixed the problem. (Installing VPC from scratch now.) Sorry!
Lothar


Lothar Frommhold wrote:
> Hello everyone:
> 
> After installing VPC5.1 (guest: Windows XP) on my 'puter (host: eCS1.2),
> I have lost all internet connectivity. The host 'puter has worked 
> exceedingly well, internet and all, prior to the VPC installation, which 
> was uneventful, quite normal, I think. I checked and rechecked the host 
> 'puter's TCP/IP settings and tried various start-up procedures, to no 
> avail. The ethernet cable, etc., is definitely working - something has 
> changed in the host machine. Could somebody suggest what might have 
> changed, or how to find out what needs to be done to reconnect the host 
> to the net?
> 
> The problem is probably related to my multiple attempts to connect the 
> guest machine to the internet, which I cannot retrace... I am certainly 
> not a windows expert.
> 
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Re: How to compress VPC virtual hard drives
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:03:31 GMT
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:35:03 GMT, Neil Waldhauer <More@Spam.Please>
wrote:

> I'm running VPC 5.1 under eComStation.
> 
> The guest is Windows 2000, and I want to compress the hard drive to 
> make the VHD files smaller. Does someone have a procedure to do so?

Off the top of my head:

Defrag the disk under W2K
Shutdown the virtual machine
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Re: VPCemulatedEthernetSwitch
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:12:39 GMT
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:48:08 -0500, Lothar Frommhold
<frommhold@physics.utexas.edu> wrote:

> After installing VPC5.1 (guest: Windows XP) on my 'puter (host: eCS1.2),
> I have lost all internet connectivity. The host 'puter has worked 
> exceedingly well, internet and all, prior to the VPC installation, which 
> was uneventful, quite normal, I think. I checked and rechecked the host 
> 'puter's TCP/IP settings and tried various start-up procedures, to no 
> avail. The ethernet cable, etc., is definitely working - something has 
> changed in the host machine. Could somebody suggest what might have 
> changed, or how to find out what needs to be done to reconnect the host 
> to the net?

You have probably screwed up the PROTCOL.INI file on the host machine
somehow by installing the VPC network drivers.
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