For the sake of the thread, this is what solved the issue for me.

what does the ifconfig command show?

Ok, have stumbled across what *might* be a solution, but I'm not sure. The contents of the /etc/networks file was:

# symbolic names for networks, see networks(5) for more information
link-local...

Hi all,

Wonder if anyone has any pointers for this problem.

Scenario: Have a hard disk install of BT5R1, running as a VM on Fusion under OSX. It is updated and mostly works perfectly. An...

Hi all,

Wonder if anyone has any pointers for this problem.

Scenario: Have a hard disk install of BT5R1, running as a VM on Fusion under OSX. It is updated and mostly works perfectly. An...

Quick update:

After the tips here, I got it all working, and proceeded with the site testing (on another machine, perversely). Although I did the install the hard way (and many, many times over!),...

That's great. It won't be that to make sure they are the same size though I'm sure. Many thanks!

Ok Barry, you solved it. Here was me trying to be clever and swapping boot partitions etc, when you can force the hardware to boot from the second drive. I could use the second disk for an XP install...

Ok everyone, I've tried my best, and now I think I need to ask someone.

I wrestled for a few days to get it onto a HD, then a USB drive (not the easy way). I got the HD version working fine from...

Goon, you sir, are a diamond. I got the HD install working fairly easily (thanks to Purehate's tutorial) with only 1 false start. When I tried installing it on USB from the fresh HD install, I ran...