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I got past this problem.  Something I was doing (or not doing) caused the 
TCP/IP disconnect.  Thanks.

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> The list used to identify who was posting, I liked it better that way. 
> Anyway, 
> I am running Windows XP sp 1, the version of QEMU is 0.9.0, supposed to be 
> the 
> latest. I downloaded the QEMU BL 3.4 yesterday from the official BL site. 
> When 
> using ifconfig I get no mention of eth0 but I did get the following info: 
> Link 
> encap:Local loopback, inet addr:127.0.0.1, Mask 255.0.0.0 UP, LOOPBACK 
> RUNNING, 
> MTU: 3924, Metric:1. This version of QEMU seems to be faster than the one I 
> was 
> working with a year ago. Hope this info helps... 
> 
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> 
> > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 03:48:30PM +0000, someone from 
> > baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote: 
> > > Should this line have the "#" (comment marker) in it? --> "#ifconfig 
> > > eth0 192.168.1.1" 
> > 
> > Yes, that line should be commented out. That is for situations when there 
> > is 
> no 
> > dhcp server on the network the NIC is 
> > attached to. As I noted, qemu has a virtual router that runs a dhcp 
> > server. 
> You 
> > did not tell us what is the output 
> > when, having freshly booted your BL qemu image, you issue the command 
> ifconfig. 
> > Is eth0 listed there? Does it have an 
> > IP associated with it? This is crucial information we need to help you 
> > with 
> this 
> > issue. Also, please tell us what OS 
> > is running on the host system uses and also which release of qemu you 
> installed 
> > on the host system. 
> > 
> > James 
> > 
> > > I looked at the /etc/rc and it did look like what you say. However, 
> > everything 
> > > I try to do with LINKS comes back with the message "Error Host Not 
> > > Found". I 
> > > have not tried Telnet or FTP. 
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:10:18PM +0000, someone from 
> > > > baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote: 
> > > > > Some time ago I was working on getting internet access to work 
> > > with the QEMU 
> > > > version of BL 3.4. As I recall, there 
> > > > > was some kind of patch that had to be entered for Links to be 
> > > able to reach 
> > > > outside the virtual partition to the 
> > > > > TCP/IP connection on the host PC. I can't remember what that 
> > > patch was. I 
> > > > think it was entered right before you 
> > > > > typed "startx" at the shell prompt. Does anyone recall what I am 
> > > talking 
> > > > about? Can you give me that patch or put 
> > > > > it on the BL website? Will there be a QEMU version of BL 3.5? 
> > > Thanks in 
> > > > advance for all your help. 
> > > > 
> > > > I set up the qemu ver sion o f BL to be networked with the host 
> > > "out of the box." 
> > > > I've never had to take any additional 
> > > > steps to get it to network with the host operating system and to 
> > > use the host's 
> > > > internet connection. If you take a look 
> > > > at the file /etc/rc you should see a section that reads 
> > > > 
> > > > ----------------------------------------------- 
> > > > ###ACTIVATE_ETHERNET### 
> > > > #ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 
> > > > insmod 8390 
> > > > insmod ne 
> > > > udhcpc 
> > > > ---------------------------------------------- 
> > > > 
> > > > That section is what loads the NIC modules that work with qemu's 
> > > virtual NIC, 
> > > > then issues a dhcp request, which is 
> > > > answered by qemu's virtual router. If those lines got somehow 
> > > commented out, you 
> > > > need to uncomment them. But as I 
> > > > recall I added them to the qemu image and left them uncommented. 
> > > Anyway, the way 
> > > > to tell if all this is working in BL 
> > > > is to, before trying to run any other commands such as you list in 
> > > your second 
> > > > post, just issue the command ifconfig 
> > > > right after booting. Does it show any IP assigned to eth0? If so, 
> > > you should be 
> > > > online. And if your host machine has an 
> > > > internet connection, BL should share it with no further fussing. As 
> > > I recall the 
> > > > qemu virtual router assigns and 
> > > > address of 10.0.0.X to the virtual NIC in BL. 
> > > > 
> > > > James 
> > > > 
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