remove ghosted nic from vmware conversion
To resolve this issue, make the ghosted network adapter visible in the Device Manager and uninstall the ghosted network adapter from the registry: Click Start > Run. Type cmd.exe, and click Enter. At the command prompt, run this command: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 Note: If this command does not work (a possibility in Windows Server 2000 and 2003), you may need to add the parameter to...
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as logged in user : i.e. su admin vboxmanage list running vms to stop vm : vboxmanage controlvm “currentvm” poweroff
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apt-get install qemu qemu-img convert image.vmdk image.bin then VBoxManage convertdd image.bin image.vdi install kernel headers apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 (or whichever kernel you have) after upgrade : enable io apic (for windows) modprobe vboxdrv modprobe vboxnetflt
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apt-get install tftpd-hpa #Defaults for tftpd-hpa RUN_DAEMON=”yes” OPTIONS=”-l -s /var/lib/tftpboot” root@itchy:~# mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot root@itchy:~# /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa start Starting HPA’s tftpd: in.tftpd. ————————————- root@itchy:~# apt-get install dhcp3-server Once installed the...
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Moving Through the File Before you can do any real editing, you must be able to move through the file. The following is a small subset of the commands with which you can move through the file. Remember once again you must be in command mode to run these commands. You can move from insert mode to command mode with the Esc key. l (lower case L) Cursor one character right h Cursor one character...
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My moment of glory Then I opened the file again with VIM, this time using “-b” option [“-b” opens the file in binary mode] OMG?! I DO have some extra characters at the file’s start. VIM showed me some additional characters at the file’s beginning : 锘??php^M session_start();^M I chopped off the extra characters with no mercy, until it looked like this...
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