network not working outside qemu ? about minimal HOT 6 CLOSED

There is a reason why Minimal Linux Live is called "minimal".

The default build of MLL doesn't add any specific network drivers. This means that by default MLL will use the default network drivers which are part of the default kernel build process. These default network drivers are quite old and they are supported by QEMU, VirtualBox and other VM solutions. This is why the network functionality works in QEMU bit doesn't work outside QEMU.

In order to get your network interface up and running, you need to edit the kernel build configuration and add the network driver which is specific for your machine where you are running MLL. One option is to add the necessary driver in the kernel build script.

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Thanks Ivan. I will dig into this! - Jean-Marc

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(I found out. It is quite simple! Many thanks!)

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(I found out. It is quite simple! Many thanks!)

I run on Microsoft's Hyper-V, can only see lo & sit0, no eth0 too.

How do you did it? where it is?
Thanks

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There is a reason why Minimal Linux Live is called "minimal".

The default build of MLL doesn't add any specific network drivers. This means that by default MLL will use the default network drivers which are part of the default kernel build process. These default network drivers are quite old and they are supported by QEMU, VirtualBox and other VM solutions. This is why the network functionality works in QEMU bit doesn't work outside QEMU.

In order to get your network interface up and running, you need to edit the kernel build configuration and add the network driver which is specific for your machine where you are running MLL. One option is to add the necessary driver in the kernel build script.

Could you give me some code snippet or link of "necessary driver "
Thanks

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Hello Frank,
I am sorry for the delay. It has been more than 2 years I did not worked on that project.
But I remember that I had to add drivers into the kernel by configuring it.
According to my old "minimal" notes, the command is
make menuconfig
Take a look in the .config to be sure.
Still according to my notes, I had success with b44 network drives bcm4401, atl1e and r8187se but you "mileage" may vary. lshw may be helpful on the target machine. (I had some old test laptops.)
Another note to myself says that I had to
edit the main .config to set PREDEF...KERNEL=true (instead of false)
and Modify kernel.config with make menuconfig thru the .config located under work/kernel/linux-x.y.z/ (needs ncurses-dev)
I hope that tips will permit you to achieve what you want.
Sorry... I cannot be more precise that this. - Jean-Marc

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