Re: Virtual Switch networking could not be started.

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"hunger" wrote:
> After installing Virtual PC for Mac 7.0.1 on a Mac Mini with
> OS 10.4
> upgraded from 10.3, the message "Virtual Switch networking
> could not be
> started." appears, saying "Permissions for the support files
> were set
> properly, but Virtual Switch failed to load. Please report
> this problem
> to Microsoft (Code: A1004). Virtual PC for Mac will run
> without Virtual
> Switch networking." What is wrong and how do I fix it, without
> spending
> hours on the phone with Microsoft?

There is a kernel extension that - as all Panther kext fail to load on
Tiger

Got to wait for Microsoft to fix it. No other way around.


PowerBook:~ root# ll /Library/StartupItems/VirtualPCOSServices
total 16
0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Oct 22 2004 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 238 Jun 14 20:53 ..
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 443 Oct 22 2004 StartupParameters.plist
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 807 Oct 22 2004 VirtualPCOSServices


PowerBook:~ root# kextload
/Library/Extensions/VirtualPCOSServices.kext
kld(): Undefined symbols:
_convert_port_to_processor
_host_info
_host_kernel_version
_host_priv_self
_host_processors
_host_self
_host_statistics
_kernel_pmap_store
_kmem_alloc_contig
_kmem_alloc_wired
_per_proc_info
kextload: kld_load_from_memory() failed for module
/Library/Extensions/VirtualPCOSServices.kext/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCO
SServices
kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension
/Library/Extensions/VirtualPCOSServices.kext
load failed for extension /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCOSServices.kext
(run kextload with -t for diagnostic output)

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