VMware – Windows AMD PCNet Family Adapater Issue
Since we have ESX, I usually don’t get to spend much time playing around with VMware-Server. Interested to see the new interface in VMware-Server 2, I installed it on one of my CentOS servers.
The installation was a breeze with the rpm package and running the configuration script was pretty flawless. So I logged in through the Remote Management Console (https/port 8333), and created a fresh host. After copying over a Win2k3 iso, mounted the image and began the installation.
(On a side note I was doing this remotely, and found out that in order to use the Remote Console Client, I needed to allow ports 8333 and 902 through the firewall)
The initial Windows installation zipped right through, however, when I went to configure the network adapter none was listed. So I took a look at the Device Manager and BAM!
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
Having never come across this on VMware/Windows installation, I decided to reinstall my Windows host. Same thing.. So let’s install the driver.. that we need to download.. with no network card..
Lucky for us we have VMware! Downloaded the latest PCNet Family drivers for Windows 2003, tossed them in an .iso image, and mounted it to the Virtual CD-Rom for the host. Once I extracted/updated the driver, everything was running smooth again.
Download the .iso image here: AMD Driver v4
MD5: 78159679b644e64c0ca5618bc4de1995
Great!!
Worked good for me!
Frank Keppel
11 Mar 09 at 10:24 am
You are beyond awesome for putting that up as an iso.
n8elgr8
18 Mar 09 at 3:12 pm
Big, big thanks.
Dennis
21 Mar 09 at 4:42 am
awesome, thanks for posting the solution.
marco
25 Sep 09 at 5:04 pm
Well this worked a treat, Thanks, now i have the same problem with driver for Multimedia Audio control with in Vmware, any ideas?
xxrazor
29 Sep 09 at 5:21 am
It Works … Thanks a Lot
Mandy
24 Oct 09 at 12:34 pm
superbbbb!
theone
17 Nov 09 at 10:26 am
Still works great. Thanks.
Lax Man
30 Nov 09 at 4:29 pm
Thanks for this, I have linked back to this thread on my blog. Thanks again
Risharde R.
24 Dec 09 at 8:49 am
Work’s great, tank you so much
oscar obando
10 Mar 10 at 12:34 pm
This was just perfect
Utsav Kanani
13 May 10 at 10:42 am
SUPERSTAR!
Cheers!
RobS
22 Jun 10 at 7:53 am
The first search on google with keywords “this device cannot start code 10 vmware AMD PCNET” worked like a charm.
Thanks man!!!!
Martin
28 Jun 10 at 10:40 am
Another happy “customer”. Thanks!
George
23 Jul 10 at 1:50 pm
thanks for your post! I spent 2 hours before finding a solution. It really works great!
ricpue@gmail.com
21 Aug 10 at 9:18 pm
Many Thanks!
You saved my life…!
Arturo
26 Aug 10 at 3:18 pm