[Qemu-devel] Re: Question about starting 2 VMs using Qemu

[haishan]

Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can start my freebsd based image in Qemu, and I use tap interface for
> connectivity to the host or external world, but when I try to fire up 2
> instances, using tap, it fails. For the second invocation, it gives me the
> error:
>
> address@hidden tmp]# ./qemu-system-x86_64 -m 512 anjali.img -net
> nic,model=yukon,macaddr=52:54:00:00:aa:02 -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no
> warning: could not configure /dev/net/tun: no virtual network emulation
> Could not initialize device 'tap'
>
> Am I doing something wrong? The first instance is running fine.
>
>   

Please make sure your instances have different mac address.
The following settings might work:

Instance 1: macaddr=52:54:00:00:aa:02
Instance 2: macaddr=52:54:00:00:aa:03


Thanks
Shan Hai

> Anjali
>
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