[VMWare] How to get the NIC working on a Linux guest(Debian Etch)

Start the VM.
log in as root (su)
To find out the IP Address of the VM.

# ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

[Solution]

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By neo          03-16-2007, 11:02 AM

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Ok guys,

I got the ethernet device working on a Windows host with VMWare Player 1.0

That's what I've done

edit hyperion.vmx

  ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
  ethernet0.vnet = "/dev/vmnet1"

remove the VM tools

  update-rc.d -f vmware-tools remove

determine the ethernet interface

ifconfig -a | grep eth

edit the network setup /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/init.d/info and replace eth0 with the NIC you find in the command above.

now reboot
:-)

:D

Instead of eth0, eth1 was found by the command above.
(Network Conneciton Type : "Bridged")

I've edited just /etc/network/interfaces and replace eth0 with eth1.

And then reboot.

Done.