tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90981521799330361942024-03-14T00:18:48.087-07:00Virtual EngineerI May Not be an Engineer by qualification (BE. B.Tech)but i Discover, analyze and innovate so i call myself a Virtual Engineer.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-73168882808218062412017-11-01T00:10:00.005-07:002017-11-01T00:15:30.976-07:00PTR Record error in Failover clustering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is one of the most common error of cluster validation people encounter with. It is best practice to allocate Static IP addresses for the cluster nodes but mostly engineers forget to correctly configure the network settings.<br />
PublishPTRRecords Property is enabled when your cluster node is getting IP address dynamically from a DHCP Server because in that situation Your DNS server will not be aware of the newly assigned IP of the node.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-50853810634121658542016-02-03T02:16:00.000-08:002016-02-03T02:16:49.392-08:00Spoofing MAC Address on Android Devices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<u><b>Introduction to MAC: </b></u><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">A </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Media Access Control</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> address (</span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">MAC</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;"> address) is a 12-character unique identifier assigned to a specific piece of hardware such as the network adapter of your WiFi device. In simple words, a MAC address can be used to uniquely identify your Android phone on the Internet or the local network.</span><br />
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Spoofing MAC Address on Android Devices:-</h2>
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Even though MAC address is embedded on the hardware device during manufacture, it can still be spoofed to input a new one of your choice. Here is a detailed instruction on how to spoof MAC address on your Android phone.</div>
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Before you spoof the MAC address, you need to record the original/current MAC address of your device which can be done according to the instruction below:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;">On the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Home</strong> Screen of your phone, tap <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Menu </strong>button and go to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Settings</strong>.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;">Tap <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">About Device</strong> and go to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status.</strong></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;">Now scroll down to record the 12-digit code shown under <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wi-Fi Mac address</strong>. An address would read something like:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><div class="crayon-syntax crayon-theme-powershell crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate" data-settings=" minimize scroll-mouseover" id="crayon-56b1b587e583f679407516" style="background: rgb(1, 36, 86) !important; border-color: rgb(48, 48, 48) !important; border-width: 1px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr !important; font-family: Monaco, MonacoRegular, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12px !important; height: auto; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; text-shadow: none !important; width: 675px;">
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<tr class="crayon-row" style="background: 0px 50%; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><td class="crayon-nums " data-settings="show" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(140, 141, 143) !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-right-width: 1px !important; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><div class="crayon-nums-content" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">
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<span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">Example </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">MAC </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">address</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">E5</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-cn" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(231, 163, 122) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">12</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">D8</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">E5</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-cn" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(231, 163, 122) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">69</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-cn" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(231, 163, 122) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">97</span></div>
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Requirements for Spoofing the MAC Address:-</h4>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;">Rooted Android Phone.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BusyBox</strong> app installed on your phone.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 21px;">Once BusyBox is installed, you need to install <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terminal</strong> app.</li>
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Once the above requirements are satisfied, follow the instructions below to spoof your MAC address:</div>
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1. Open the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Terminal</strong> app and type the commands as listed below:</div>
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</td><td class="crayon-code" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: 678px;"><div class="crayon-pre" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; tab-size: 4; white-space: pre;">
<div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-56b1b587e5863028322861-1" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px;">
<span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">$</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">busybox </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">iplink </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">show </span><span class="crayon-i" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(220, 220, 220) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">eth0</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">[</span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">HIT </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">ENTER</span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">]</span></div>
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;">
(This will show your current MAC address, just for your confirmation).</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;">
2. Now, type the following command:</div>
<div class="crayon-syntax crayon-theme-powershell crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate" data-settings=" minimize scroll-mouseover" id="crayon-56b1b587e586e951501254" style="background: rgb(1, 36, 86) !important; border-color: rgb(48, 48, 48) !important; border-width: 1px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; direction: ltr !important; font-family: Monaco, MonacoRegular, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12px !important; height: auto; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; text-shadow: none !important; width: 696px;">
<div class="crayon-plain-wrap" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">
<textarea class="crayon-plain print-no" data-settings="dblclick" readonly="" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; color: black; font-family: Monaco, MonacoRegular, 'Courier New', monospace !important; font-size: 12px !important; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 168px; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 168px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; resize: none; tab-size: 4; white-space: pre; width: 696px; word-wrap: normal; z-index: 0;" wrap="soft"></textarea></div>
<div class="crayon-main" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 696px; z-index: 1;">
<table class="crayon-table" style="background: none !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-spacing: 0px !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; table-layout: auto !important; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<tr class="crayon-row" style="background: 0px 50%; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><td class="crayon-nums " data-settings="show" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(140, 141, 143) !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-right-width: 1px !important; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><div class="crayon-nums-content" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">
<div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-56b1b587e586e951501254-1" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: center;">
1</div>
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</td><td class="crayon-code" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: 678px;"><div class="crayon-pre" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; tab-size: 4; white-space: pre;">
<div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-56b1b587e586e951501254-1" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px;">
<span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">$</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">busybox </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">ifconfig </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">eth0 </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">hw </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">ether </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-o" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(218, 218, 218) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">:</span><span class="crayon-i" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(220, 220, 220) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">XX</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">[</span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">HIT </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">ENTER</span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">]</span></div>
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;">
(In the above command, replace XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX with your new MAC address)</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;">
3. You have now spoofed your MAC address successfully. To check for the change enter the following command again:</div>
<div class="crayon-syntax crayon-theme-powershell crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate" data-settings=" minimize scroll-mouseover" id="crayon-56b1b587e5878638569852" style="background: rgb(1, 36, 86) !important; border-color: rgb(48, 48, 48) !important; border-width: 1px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; direction: ltr !important; font-family: Monaco, MonacoRegular, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 12px !important; height: auto; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; text-shadow: none !important; width: 696px;">
<div class="crayon-plain-wrap" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">
<textarea class="crayon-plain print-no" data-settings="dblclick" readonly="" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; color: black; font-family: Monaco, MonacoRegular, 'Courier New', monospace !important; font-size: 12px !important; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 168px; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 168px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; resize: none; tab-size: 4; white-space: pre; width: 696px; word-wrap: normal; z-index: 0;" wrap="soft"></textarea></div>
<div class="crayon-main" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 696px; z-index: 1;">
<table class="crayon-table" style="background: none !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-spacing: 0px !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; table-layout: auto !important; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<tr class="crayon-row" style="background: 0px 50%; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><td class="crayon-nums " data-settings="show" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(140, 141, 143) !important; border-right-style: solid !important; border-right-width: 1px !important; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important;"><div class="crayon-nums-content" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">
<div class="crayon-num" data-line="crayon-56b1b587e5878638569852-1" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: center;">
1</div>
</div>
</td><td class="crayon-code" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: 678px;"><div class="crayon-pre" style="background: none !important; border: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; line-height: 15px !important; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; tab-size: 4; white-space: pre;">
<div class="crayon-line" id="crayon-56b1b587e5878638569852-1" style="background: 0px 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px;">
<span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">$</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">busybox </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">iplink </span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">show </span><span class="crayon-i" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(220, 220, 220) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">eth0</span><span class="crayon-h" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 111, 224) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;"> </span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">[</span><span class="crayon-e" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 128, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">HIT </span><span class="crayon-v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(189, 183, 107) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">ENTER</span><span class="crayon-sy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(216, 216, 216) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; height: inherit; line-height: inherit !important;">]</span></div>
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;">
(Now you should see your new MAC address)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-80673356808238526762014-10-11T23:30:00.000-07:002014-10-11T23:30:33.854-07:00How to Install And Use WhatsApp On Your Windows PC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whatsapp is an android application hence if you wish to use it on your windows or Mac Desktop or laptop machine you need to install an android emulator application. here in this example we are using bluestacks.</div>
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1. Download and install <a href="http://bluestacks.com/?page_id=339" style="color: #2255aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bluestacks for Windows</a>.</div>
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it will look like below:</div>
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<a href="http://www.indiatechcenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bluestacks-main-window.jpg" style="color: #2255aa; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="bluestacks-main-window" class="alignleft wp-image-537 " src="http://www.indiatechcenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bluestacks-main-window-300x181.jpg" height="254" style="border: none; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px;" width="420" /></a></div>
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2. Install the WhatsApp application in Bluestacks from Sidebar</div>
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This is seen that mostly servers reboot or hang with this error code and when checked the server logs we find below 2 errors.<br />
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1. <b>System Crash - Message: BugCheck, STOP: 0x00000077</b><br />
This is a Operating System Kernel Crach Error which generally lead to System hand or Reboot. below is the link for further troubleshooting about this error from the OEM Site :<br />
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2. <b>Post Error - Message: 1792-Drive Array Reports Valid Data Found in Array Accelerator - Error: 92</b><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-66997503404316719262011-02-24T04:31:00.001-08:002011-02-24T04:31:27.980-08:00LiveCD Player Virtual Machine<div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html">www.vmwarez.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><br /> <br /> LiveCD Player Virtual Machine<br /> </h3></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt">I've used LiveCDs in the past for checking out new operating systems or applications. They are a very handy way to do this without having to trash a computer... Then VMWare came along. It was easy to create a VM and try out new stuff. But that still took time. I found myself going back to playing with LiveCDs because I could boot into a pre-configured environment. One that looks just like the developer wanted it to look (provided you have all the right and supported hardware). The best way to do this would be if every developer realized the power of virtualization and made a VM for their project. But since they don't all do that and some still take the time to do a LiveCD, I've now gone to booting LiveCDs within virtual machines.<br /><br />Normally you'd have to be using VMware Workstation to pull this off... (And, yes, I know there are tools out there for creating VMs, but I figured this would just be easier.) But now with Player being free and all, it is something that you can have ZERO virtualization experience and get up and running LiveCDs on your PC - within a virtual machine - in no time flat. I'm assuming, though that you have VMware Player or Workstation installed. If you don't go <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmware.com/products/player/">here</a> to get player.<br /><br />1) First, download and unzip <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dl.vmwarez.com/virtual-machines/vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine.zip">this</a> file. Don't worry, this file is only about 4kb in size (and it is only that large because I included a 2gb drive since some LiveCDs were complaining about the lack of a hard drive).<br /></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><br />2) Then download the LiveCD of your liking. For this example I downloaded the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html">Knoppix version 4 LiveCD</a>.<br /><br />3) Once you have the LiveCD ISO file on your computer, copy or move it to the folder where you extracted the files in step 1. and rename the file "livecd.iso" I put a blank file there with that name as a placeholder. You'll need to delete it before renaming your real LiveCD ISO.<br /><br />4) Now that the files are in place it should look something like this:<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/livecd-directory.jpg"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/livecd-directory-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />5) Now you should be able to open the vmx file with VMware player or workstation... Here's the splash screen of knoppix starting and then a screen-cap of the whole desktop after it booted:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/knoppix-livecd-player-splash.jpg"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/knoppix-livecd-player-splash-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="content"><div id="main-content"><div><div id="AutoGeneratedID-0"><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/knoppix-livecd-player-desktop.jpg"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/knoppix-livecd-player-desktop-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> <br /><br />Here's a list of LiveCDs:<br /><ul><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://slax.linux-live.org/">SLAX</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://kanotix.com/index.php?&newlang=eng">Kanotix</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://tavi.debian.org.tw/index.php?page=3Anoppix">3Anoppix</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.abclinuxu.cz/Index">ABC Linux</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://dc.qut.edu.au/adios/">Adios</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/cd-readme.html">AdvanceCD</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://livecd.sourceforge.net/">FreeBSD</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/onebase/onebaselinux.com/Ab">GamesGo</a></li><br /><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/downloads.html">Xen Demo (not sure if this works under a VM</a></li><br /></ul><br /> <br /> <p></p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <p><br /> Posted By: Jim on Monday, February 06, 2006<br /><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" title="permanent link">PermaLink</a>  |  39 comments  | <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=113925774710538178&isPopup=true">Click to Comment</a><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Bookmark at: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html&title=LiveCD Player Virtual Machine" title="LiveCD Player Virtual Machine"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/bookmarkicons/delicious.jpg" alt="Bookmark LiveCD Player Virtual Machine at del.icio.us" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />   <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" title="LiveCD Player Virtual Machine"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/bookmarkicons/diggman.jpg" alt="Digg LiveCD Player Virtual Machine at Digg.com" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />   <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?title=LiveCD Player Virtual Machine&url=http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" title="LiveCD Player Virtual Machine"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/bookmarkicons/spurl.jpg" alt="Bookmark LiveCD Player Virtual Machine at Spurl.net" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />   <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?t=LiveCD Player Virtual Machine&u=http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" title="LiveCD Player Virtual Machine"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/bookmarkicons/furl.jpg" alt="Bookmark LiveCD Player Virtual Machine at Furl.net" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />   <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?t=LiveCD Player Virtual Machine&u=http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" title="LiveCD Player Virtual Machine"><img src="http://www.vmwarez.com/images/bookmarkicons/yahoomyweb.jpg" alt="Bookmark LiveCD Player Virtual Machine at YahooMyWeb" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a><br />   <br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <center><br /><br /><ins><ins id="google_ads_frame4_anchor"></ins></ins><br /> </center><br /> <div id="comments"><br /> <a rel="nofollow" name="comments"></a><br /> <h4>39 Comments:</h4><br /> <ul><br /> <br /> <li id="c113986807890817937"><a rel="nofollow" name="c113986807890817937"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> anonymous is hazelem@inmail.hu)<br /><br />your page is very good in appearance -<br />i'm sure that much more good content <br />will follow soon, as this thing with<br />VM is swirling.<br />at the vmware-site, i unsuccessfully<br />searched for any potential benefits in<br />employing a multithreaded cpu for the<br />host system - guest system using the<br />"second" cpu. could you/friends have <br />a word on that?<br />regards, hazel emmerich, budapest<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c113986807890817937" title="comment permalink">February 13, 2006 4:01 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=113986807890817937" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114121117437169128"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114121117437169128"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> I'm not familiar with VM's, so I was wondering how this thing is achieved. Does the LiveCD Player VM function as a "bootstrap" utility, booting up the actual LiveCD?<br /><br />Would it be possible to use actual drives instead of an .iso file? So if you have Linux installed on /dev/hda2, you could boot up your secondary OS in a virtual machine? Or does VMWare allow this kind of thing?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05173762416815809834">Kejjo</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114121117437169128" title="comment permalink">March 01, 2006 5:06 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114121117437169128" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114179876703165752"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114179876703165752"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> any way to use this vmx for livecd's and be able to load a cd/dvd into the VM guest os ie: gentoo, SLAMPP, knoppix... how about accessing non virtual hd's in a VM.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114179876703165752" title="comment permalink">March 08, 2006 12:19 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114179876703165752" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114190790738381772"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114190790738381772"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Just kudos; very useful tool!<br /><br />alexander<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114190790738381772" title="comment permalink">March 09, 2006 6:38 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114190790738381772" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114190792869166319"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114190792869166319"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Just kudos; very useful tool!<br /><br />alexander<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114190792869166319" title="comment permalink">March 09, 2006 6:38 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114190792869166319" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114193234197031381"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114193234197031381"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Thanks for this. I have my own remastered version Knoppix which I have been running inside of XP with Qemu. Runs much faster in VMWare with your nifty little tweak. Much appreciated.<br />Yours-Tbobz<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114193234197031381" title="comment permalink">March 09, 2006 1:25 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114193234197031381" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114229274835455231"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114229274835455231"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> this is my fave-o-rite tool for vmware :-)<br /><br />I use it daily when a new live version of linux comes out to try it out without even wasting a cd for ones that dont suit my fancy ;-)<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114229274835455231" title="comment permalink">March 13, 2006 5:32 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114229274835455231" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114240596281811020"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114240596281811020"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> This is the LiveCD vmx file<br />It seems you can just edit it in<br />notepad if all you have is the<br />VMware Player<br />--BEGIN HERE-----------------------<br />config.version = "8"<br />virtualHW.version = "4"<br />scsi0.present = "TRUE"<br />memsize = "256"<br />MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"<br />ide0:0.present = "TRUE"<br />ide0:0.fileName = "vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine.vmdk"<br />ide1:0.present = "TRUE"<br />ide1:0.fileName = "livecd.iso"<br />ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"<br />floppy0.fileName = "A:"<br />ethernet0.present = "TRUE"<br />usb.present = "TRUE"<br />sound.present = "TRUE"<br />sound.virtualDev = "es1371"<br />sound.fileName = "-1"<br />sound.autodetect = "TRUE"<br />displayName = "vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine"<br />guestOS = "otherlinux"<br />nvram = "vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine.nvram"<br /><br />ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"<br />floppy0.present = "FALSE"<br /><br />ide0:0.redo = ""<br />ethernet0.addressType = "generated"<br />uuid.location = "56 4d 5f a0 97 20 77 b7-86 20 87 df 25 3f 97 f5"<br />uuid.bios = "56 4d 5f a0 97 20 77 b7-86 20 87 df 25 3f 97 f5"<br />ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:3f:97:f5"<br />ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"<br />--END HERE-------------------------<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114240596281811020" title="comment permalink">March 15, 2006 12:59 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114240596281811020" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114446569924945151"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114446569924945151"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> awesome image, thank you!<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.limited-exposure.org">Christian Koch</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114446569924945151" title="comment permalink">April 07, 2006 9:08 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114446569924945151" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114452458766387025"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114452458766387025"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Regarding Kejjo's question:<br />"Would it be possible to use actual drives instead of an .iso file? So if you have Linux installed on /dev/hda2, you could boot up your secondary OS in a virtual machine? Or does VMWare allow this kind of thing?"<br />Yes, this works for example with a dual-boot installation of Windows NT4 or Windows 2000 and Linux; Linux being the VMware Workstation/VMware Player host.<br />It will probably work the other way too, but I haven't tested it. Also, there's a warning popup, at least in VMware Workstation, telling you about possible issues and that support for this configuration may be limited or non-existent (I don't recall the exact wording from the top of my head).<br />I have been using this configuration for more than a year (starting with a VMware 4.x release) and haven't noticed any quirks. Of course, certain preparations are necessary to make Windows run both on the real hardware as well as in VMware. You should set up different hardware profiles (disabling drivers for hardware that doesn't belong to the emulated machine when booting VMware, and vice versa), and make sure to use the standard IDE driver for the VMware hardware profile, or Windows will BSOD with an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE during boot.<br />Haven't tried it with SCSI disks so far, I'd guess that things would be a bit more tricky there.<br /><br />Kind regards<br />Stefan<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Stefan</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114452458766387025" title="comment permalink">April 08, 2006 1:29 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114452458766387025" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114493964442093630"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114493964442093630"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Absolutely cool. Thanks.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114493964442093630" title="comment permalink">April 13, 2006 8:47 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114493964442093630" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114642065590213642"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114642065590213642"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> I use this very oftenly, it's great! I also happen to use it with install cd's and not only live cd's however the 2 gb is way too small is there a way to make it bigger to something more like 10 gb? Thanks!<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://avif.50webs.com">Avi</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114642065590213642" title="comment permalink">April 30, 2006 12:10 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114642065590213642" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c114642335193139495"><a rel="nofollow" name="c114642335193139495"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Try checking out VMware's free server product.. You can create them yourself.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmware.com/products/server/">http://www.vmware.com/products/server/</a><br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14834245049134206956">Jim</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c114642335193139495" title="comment permalink">April 30, 2006 12:55 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=114642335193139495" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115022439755662990"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115022439755662990"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Ubuntu has a nice live cd and SuSE a complete live DVD...<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115022439755662990" title="comment permalink">June 13, 2006 12:46 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115022439755662990" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115142909122670767"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115142909122670767"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Cannot make this appliance work. Followed directions to the letter, but machine starts but does not boot.Suggestions....?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115142909122670767" title="comment permalink">June 27, 2006 11:24 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115142909122670767" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115559221928221518"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115559221928221518"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> An awesome config, the only thing I have problems with is the lack od serial ports. How do I expose /dev/ttyS0 from Linux host to the guest OS?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Mario</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115559221928221518" title="comment permalink">August 14, 2006 3:50 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115559221928221518" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115643139010646353"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115643139010646353"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi,<br /><br />You website is good and tool appears to be nice too, I am just trying it now.<br /><br />I am using Win XP and just downloaded VMWare Player today. Its my first time I am using VMWare(ya, I know, where have I been).<br /><br />I have multiple LiveCD and DVDs with Linux versions. Please can you convey if(and how) I can use these LiveCDs and DVDs from the DVD Drive without actually making ISO images.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Atul.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115643139010646353" title="comment permalink">August 24, 2006 8:56 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115643139010646353" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115667845695454105"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115667845695454105"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Make sure the DVD or CD drive is set to boot before the hard disk. Then just put the Dvd or CD in the drive and switch on the computer, it will boot up from the live cd or dvd. If the cd or dvd doesn't boot the machine you can change the boot order of the disks and drives in the bios of your computer. <br />To do this switch the computer off and on again, as it starts and does the memory checks tap the delete key and you will enter the bios setup screen, select I think it is the second menu "advanced settings" and you will see the drives listed you can alter the booting sequence here make the cd rom or the dvd first then the other second and the hard drive third.<br /><br />Hope it works for you<br /><br /><br />regards<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115667845695454105" title="comment permalink">August 27, 2006 5:34 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115667845695454105" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115667913736884446"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115667913736884446"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> I have a download of vmware workstation and have tried to install the tools in Ubuntu 6.06 and also knoppix 5.5 it is just a thankless task to attempt this as there is just no way it can be accomplished. <br /><br />The computer I am using is up to date and very stable running windows xp professional, i just do not get the problems that many people report with windows, I work with movies sound large files of all kinds and have about eight usb devices connected and have countless programs installed which all start and end without problem. <br /><br />I am looking at Linux for a client also for myself and the vmware setup looked just the thing to try, and finding your blog was great i really thought i would be quite sucessful trying out these distros. I couldn't be more wrong, these guys at vmware are wanting to sell me some software at $189 and the most importtant part the tools are a free extra which you cant install, i am seriously peed off at the moment.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115667913736884446" title="comment permalink">August 27, 2006 5:45 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115667913736884446" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115706535393795610"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115706535393795610"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi,<br /><br />I managed to get the vmware tools loaded along with suse linux 10.1 I couldn't figure out how to do it really, but i discovered on the vmware site there are versions of linux that already have the tools installed, on the description of the distros some do say "tools already installed". Anyway the sun is now shining and I might just buy the vmware workstation, as the tools make all the difference, you can get from windows to linux seamlessly now.<br /><br />What i am trying to figure out now is how to get the virtual machine to load automatically and start up so that I have a dual boot effect if you know what I mean, i know how to start the vmware alright I just need to figure out how to start the virtual machine.I might work it out but if someone knows it would be nice to hear.<br /><br />I am glad I found this blog as it has saved me a lot of time.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115706535393795610" title="comment permalink">August 31, 2006 5:02 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115706535393795610" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115731816096197918"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115731816096197918"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi <br />As I said I know how to start the vmware alright and I have that running now, the problem is the instructions for starting the Guest don't work out, e.g. it doesn't start. There is an option on the power button (The green one) to have it run when the guest is opened, as I say it doesn't work, that's maybe because the Guest is already open when vmware starts, I am still working on that.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115731816096197918" title="comment permalink">September 03, 2006 3:16 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115731816096197918" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115740236511930133"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115740236511930133"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi,<br />Ok I have got it going now. When you read the workstation manual it gives you the impression the virtual machine will open when workstation starts if you select the power up on opening option. Thats not so, it only starts the virtual machine when you open the virtual machine within an already open workstation, which was not what i wanted. <br /><br />Anyway the answer is to create a shortcut to the vmx file for the machine you want to run when workstation opens, and place this shortcut in the windows startup file for a particular user, or in the windows startup file for all users if you want it available for every user. It has to be a shortcut to the vmx file, not a copy of the vmx file otherwise workstation can't find the virtual machine.<br /><br />I don't know how much interest this is to anyone maybe none, but it means that a user has both operating systems available without having to reboot the computer like in a duel boot system, it just makes it easier for them to access the linux application, I am hoping that this will help wean them off always using windows.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115740236511930133" title="comment permalink">September 04, 2006 2:39 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115740236511930133" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115756553310015903"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115756553310015903"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> I am using the Live CD VM Appliance ( http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/56 )and using Knoppix V4.02 EN CD version as the ISO.<br /><br />Everything works good except accesing the virtual HD under /dev/hda<br /><br />I get an error that it can not be mounted as it can not determine the file system type and none was specified.<br /><br />Any hints as to what may be the isse.<br /><br />I've included the fsta bad VMX file. The VMDK is the one included in the appliance.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br /><br />/etc/fstab<br />/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0<br />/sys /sys sysfs noauto 0 0<br />/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0<br />/dev/fd0 /mnt/auto/floppy auto user,noauto,exec,umask=000 0 0<br />/dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0<br /># Added by KNOPPIX<br />/dev/hda /mnt/hda auto noauto,users,exec 0 0<br /><br />VMX file:<br />config.version = "8"<br />virtualHW.version = "4"<br />scsi0.present = "TRUE"<br />memsize = "256"<br />MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"<br />ide0:0.present = "TRUE"<br />ide0:0.fileName = "vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine.vmdk"<br />ide1:0.present = "TRUE"<br />ide1:0.fileName = "livecd.iso"<br />ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"<br />floppy0.fileName = "A:"<br />ethernet0.present = "TRUE"<br />usb.present = "TRUE"<br />sound.present = "TRUE"<br />sound.virtualDev = "es1371"<br />sound.fileName = "-1"<br />sound.autodetect = "TRUE"<br />displayName = "Knoppix V4.02-Virtual-Machine"<br />guestOS = "otherlinux"<br />nvram = "vmwarez.com-Generic-LiveCD-Virtual-Machine.nvram"<br />priority.grabbed = "high"<br />priority.ungrabbed = "high"<br /><br />ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"<br />floppy0.present = "FALSE"<br /><br />ide0:0.redo = ""<br />ethernet0.addressType = "generated"<br />uuid.location = "56 4d c1 f6 78 e4 3c f7-e7 9c e6 b0 24 b7 ff 4c"<br />uuid.bios = "56 4d c1 f6 78 e4 3c f7-e7 9c e6 b0 24 b7 ff 4c"<br />ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:ff:4c"<br />ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"<br /><br />tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"<br />checkpoint.vmState = ""<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tampascanner.info">rec9140</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115756553310015903" title="comment permalink">September 06, 2006 11:58 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115756553310015903" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115756760503452510"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115756760503452510"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> booting live CD's from within a virtual machine. The recursion is making my head spin... :P<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18151633040310745569">mdm-adph</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115756760503452510" title="comment permalink">September 06, 2006 12:33 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115756760503452510" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115793047880696450"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115793047880696450"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Yes I got that problem with knoppix 5.5 , i didn't do anything about it as i didn't like the look of that particular distro of Linux. <br /><br />I am not a Linux Techie at all but I have used windows for years starting off with workgroups 3.11 and dos before that, I have a kind of rule of thumb that says if you get too much trouble with a program its not worth continuing with. <br /><br />Why dont you just write a few lines in the wordprocessor and save it then have a look to see where it puts the file, what I find is a lot of these operating systems just report a load of old rubbish. I would download the latest version of the software anyway. One thing I have found is that it is better to try a distrop with the vmware tools already installed, I am using suse 10.1 and so far no problems , well I still need to get the printer going but i have been too busy to do that this week.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08871679198189366628">Fred</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115793047880696450" title="comment permalink">September 10, 2006 5:21 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115793047880696450" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115833076931931000"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115833076931931000"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi,<br />how can I have the virtual disk a little bigger - so that I can even install a live CD on VMWare and do further testing. <br /><br />regards<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115833076931931000" title="comment permalink">September 15, 2006 8:32 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115833076931931000" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115833095225232183"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115833095225232183"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi,<br /><br />You could download <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmware.com/products/server/">VMware Server</a> for free and create your own. That would be the easiest way.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14834245049134206956">Jim</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115833095225232183" title="comment permalink">September 15, 2006 8:35 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115833095225232183" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115850255658617150"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115850255658617150"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> I took SUSE 10.1 off my virtual machine, it was just murder trying to get the printing going. I have installed Ubuntu on vmware workstation and it went on very well. <br /><br />I added a parallel port and the printer wizard found my HP laserjet 1100, the driver was available in the selection of drivers within the wizard. <br /><br />I put a shortcut to the vmx file in the windows pro xp startup file, so i get a dual boot without having to use a boot manager. <br /><br />The only real problem was installing the VMware tools as the instructions by vmware are not detailed enough. With Ubuntu 6.0.6 the cd will appear on the desktop you double click it and it will open up in a file browser with two files a RPM and a TAR if you double click the Tar it will open up in the window of an unzipping utility where you can unzip it to the tmp file, in a terminal window you can type the installing instruction given in the VMware Tools instructions and the installation will go ahead, you can accept all the default settings, there are three utilities that it can't install but apparently you don't need them anyway, well not for desktop machine. <br /><br />One thing that is difficult to discover is that to install the tools you need to be the Root or Super user, "su" doesn't work, it will ask you for a password that the system will then not recognise. You need to type "sudo" before any command that needs you to be Root, it will then ask you for a password , which is your user password , the one you enter when Ubuntu boots up. As far as the RPM package is concerned it didn't work at all. To run the VMware tools at bootup put "vmware-tools" in the startup tab of SYSTEM>>SESSIONS.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08871679198189366628">Fred</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115850255658617150" title="comment permalink">September 17, 2006 8:15 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115850255658617150" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115973865965097529"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115973865965097529"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> No the easiest way would be to include a larger virtual drive, or have an optional download where you could select 2GB, 5GB, 10GB, 20GB, 100GB virtual drive sizes.<br /><br />That would be the easiest!<br /><br />Another easier way would be to list instructions how to modify the included file to adjust the size to each persons choice.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115973865965097529" title="comment permalink">October 01, 2006 3:37 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115973865965097529" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115973875026180051"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115973875026180051"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Easiest for who?<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Jim<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14834245049134206956">Jim</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115973875026180051" title="comment permalink">October 01, 2006 3:39 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115973875026180051" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c115974152018830805"><a rel="nofollow" name="c115974152018830805"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> For everyone that doesn't already have VMware server, and everyone that doesn't already know how to use it, and all the lazy people, and I guess that covers about 99.99999999999% of the people on the planet. oh and we can't forget Mickey.<br /><br />BTW: I didn't say it earlier, but I do like this and think it is a great tool. It does a job better and is faster then actually booting off a live cd.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c115974152018830805" title="comment permalink">October 01, 2006 4:25 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=115974152018830805" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c116273476773092445"><a rel="nofollow" name="c116273476773092445"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> im useing vmplayer on linux and its murder to boot a live cd iso image ... ie boot another linux cd or bsd live cd iso image ... i have found small scripts on the net and modified them and had a little success with truebsd althou i found i had to alter the truebsd.vmx script and pretend it was linux not bsd .... i relise i could and can download preconfigured linux vmx zips witch contain distros wich run fine ... but id rather run regular iso images live ... ive read up on this but so far its been fruitless apart from the exeption of truebsd wich wouldnt load xfce4 . i hope this makes sense ... any help or tips in running live cd iso images in linux vmwareplayer would be nice ..<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c116273476773092445" title="comment permalink">November 05, 2006 7:52 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=116273476773092445" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c116282271965092158"><a rel="nofollow" name="c116282271965092158"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> For those who doesn't allready know how to bot up from a real cd drive:<br /><br />just edit the .vmx file and replace<br /><br />ide1:0.fileName = "livecd.iso"<br />ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"<br /><br />by<br /><br />ide1:0.fileName = "D:"<br />ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-drive"<br /><br />where D: is suposed to be your system CD-ROM drive mapping letter.<br /><br />Be water my friends! ;)<br /><br />K.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c116282271965092158" title="comment permalink">November 06, 2006 8:18 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=116282271965092158" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c1631129179908779030"><a rel="nofollow" name="c1631129179908779030"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Has anyone tested with NimbleX?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c1631129179908779030" title="comment permalink">January 08, 2007 11:56 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=1631129179908779030" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c5079130124975713902"><a rel="nofollow" name="c5079130124975713902"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Tried it with backtrack. This is based on slackware. Worked flawlessly. Thanks<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c5079130124975713902" title="comment permalink">January 12, 2007 8:43 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=5079130124975713902" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c8170819442371658177"><a rel="nofollow" name="c8170819442371658177"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> This is amazing! I use this all the time when i'm on Vmware -- well, not all the time, sometimes I don't use ISO's.<br /><br />But this is convenient and makes good use of VMWARE.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c8170819442371658177" title="comment permalink">January 20, 2007 10:05 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=8170819442371658177" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c1502488930939505706"><a rel="nofollow" name="c1502488930939505706"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Great Post, I would like to see you include puppy linux in your live CD links. It is a really good portable distro.<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://360.yahoo.com/netjess">Jesse</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c1502488930939505706" title="comment permalink">February 03, 2007 1:46 PM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=1502488930939505706" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c5521697179204676419"><a rel="nofollow" name="c5521697179204676419"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> Hi! Works fine with Ubuntu too, my first time trying linux :D<br />But I got one question, what if I want to install VMplayer to my usb memory? <br />I tried and it worked fine with the comp where I installed it, but when I changed comp, it gave me an error?<br />How can I install it so, that it works?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" /></span> <span>Anonymous</span>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c5521697179204676419" title="comment permalink">September 13, 2007 3:56 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=5521697179204676419" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> <li id="c4820193428011392664"><a rel="nofollow" name="c4820193428011392664"></a><br /> <div><br /> <p><br /> did not work. tells me it the following: <br />"Exiting Intel Pxe rom"<br />"Operating System not found"<br /><br />Any reason why?<br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <p><br /> By <span><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" /></span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05295238396795417634">agello24</a>, at <a rel="nofollow" href="#c4820193428011392664" title="comment permalink">November 05, 2008 9:13 AM</a> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=4820193428011392664" title="Delete Comment"><span> </span></a></span><br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <br /> </ul><br /> <p><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19255551&postID=113925774710538178&isPopup=true">Post a Comment</a><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vmwarez.com"><< Home</a><br /> </p><br /> </div><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <hr /><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div> </div><br /> <div id="footer"><br /> <p></p></div></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html" href="http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/02/livecd-player-virtual-machine.html">Read more at www.vmwarez.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://amplify.com/u/brlkx">http://amplify.com/u/brlkx</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-44417050684891190312011-02-06T02:58:00.000-08:002011-02-06T02:58:31.266-08:00How to Backup and Restore an Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/OJqI_iE25hY/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OJqI_iE25hY&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OJqI_iE25hY&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098152179933036194.post-61827730984190839982011-02-05T12:40:00.001-08:002011-02-05T12:40:29.505-08:00Must the Monday's backup be on the Monday tape?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Often, there will be users who would complain that BE upset their carefully thought out tape naming scheme by using a tape not intended for that backup. For example, a daily backup job taking a tape from the weekly media set or Monday's backup data was written onto Tuesday's tape. This is by design. To complete the backup, BE will use any over-writeable tape in the tape library/partition. This is deemed to be preferable to having the job failed due to a lack of over writeable tape.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You may or may not agree with this philosophy, but there is no way to prevent this from happening unless you partition your library. If you place your media sets in different partitions, then BE will not take a tape from another partition even if one is available. The backup job which needs an over-writeable tape will fail due to lack of one. You may think that there is no big deal about a backup failure; I will just make it up with the next backup. However, consider this scenario, last night’s daily backup failed and on mid-day, your server crashes. You got to restore it from the previous night’s backup. Now, the users need to recover 1.5 days of work instead of 0.5 day. Furthermore, the side-effects of such a recovery, like having 2 invoices, one before and one after the crash, with different serial number would magnify. This is why for some organizations; backup failure is not an option. A successful backup is preferable to having messed-up tapes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why must Monday’s data be on only a tape labeled Monday and not one labeled Tuesday? To go further, why must the tapes be labeled Monday to Friday? Why can’t they be labeled Tape1, Tape2 and so on? BE certainly does not care. Any tape would do, as long as it can write to it. I suspect that this practice is a carry-over from use of stand-alone tape drives and the organizations did not review and change the procedure when they switched over to tape libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When one uses stand-alone tape drive, it is preferable to labeled the tapes as Monday, Tuesday, …, Week1, Week2, etc. The person feeding the tape into the tape drive can easily identify the tape needed. It would be more difficult to do so if the tapes were labeled Tape1, Tape2, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a tape library, it does not matter how the tapes are labeled. Suppose you have enough tapes in your library for your needs and you don’t have to add tapes to or remove tapes from the library. In this case, the tapes can be labeled as anything. It does not matter. BE will backup to the appropriate over-writeable tape and when you want to restore something, BE will load the correct tape. The tape label is transparent to you. In any case, if you are using pre-printed barcode labels, they would probably come in a series which is random, e.g. your first set of labels could start with 123456 and the next set of labels that you buy could start from 345678.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some might argue that in a situation where tapes are removed from the library on a regular basis to some off-site storage and then returned to the library later, a tape label that shows the usage like Daily Monday is better. I say this is not so, it would be better to label the container for transporting the tape in this manner rather than the tapes themselves. By do so; it does not matter whether Monday’s data is on Tape1 or Tape5. Just take the tape and put it in the correct container, i.e, if Tape5 was used by the Monday job, then put it into the Monday container.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s examine the situation where you are using a tape library and try to force the data onto the “correct” tape, i.e., Monday’s daily backup MUST be on a tape labeled Monday Daily, etc. What can throw is scheme off track?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. You do not do any backup on holidays.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Suppose Tuesday is a holiday, when the Wednesday job runs, it will write to the Tuesday tape since it is the oldest over-writeable tape. It would not know that it is suppose to skip the Tuesday tape. Of course, you can remove the Tuesday tape from the library before the Wednesday job runs, but who can remember after coming back from a holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Your Tuesday backup job failed.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even if your job failed, the tape will still be protected because whatever data that were written to it may be important. When you try to re-run the job, the Wednesday tape would be used. There are ways around this problem. You can create an media set with an OPP (Overwrite Protection Period) of 0 hours, move the Tuesday tape to it and target your re-run job to this new media set. Again, manual intervention is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. The wrong tape was brought back from off-site</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For some reason, the Wednesday tape was brought back, instead of the Tuesday tape. It can be used, but it is the “wrong” tape.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The above are just some examples. There are many more scenarios which can throw this scheme off.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To force BE to use the “correct” tape, some installations resort to using partitions as a strait-jacket. They will create 5 partitions, one for each day of the week and then have 5 daily jobs/templates which target each of these partitions. The drawback of this scenario is that if for whatever reason, BE is unable to write to the tape in the targeted partition, the job will fail even if there are overwriteable tapes available in the other partitions. This is because the partitions form logical libraries and BE will not take tapes from other libraries, regardless of whether they are physical or logical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is also a security angle to using any tape. In the old days when tape capacity was small and was only good enough to hold the data from one application, they were often labeled as General Ledger 1, Accounts Payable 3, etc. When tape library management software became available, it was a security recommendation to use “anonymous” tapes, i.e., label the tapes as 00000001, etc. This was so that a thief after the GL data would not know which tape to swipe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Hopefully by now, you are more amendable to the idea that it is not necessary to have a job write to a particular tape and that any tape would do. By doing so, you are letting BE does what it does best, i.e. manage your tapes. Don’t waste your time and effort managing your tapes, let the experts, BE and the tape library, work on your behalf.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055283638819785718noreply@blogger.com0