In linux do: mkfs.msdos -C floppy.flp 1440 # mount it mkdir floppy sudo mount -o loop floopy.flp floppy cp <what_you_need_on_floppy> floppy/ sudo umount floppy Once you have created the image copy it up to your datastore and then point your VM floppy...
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Where is the pvscsi-Windows2008.flp image when attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 with a Paravirtualized SCSI Controller?
I want to install from an ISO a copy of Windows SBS 2011 which is WIndows 2008 R2 with a dress on. I want to run from the word go the paravirtual scsci controller driver. And to install a mass storage driver from install you need to mount the driver on a floppy. So...
Dell R710 connected to Dell MD3200 Array via 6Gbps SAS HBA’s
I had an MD3200 array failure the other day. And so I've decided to re-install the Redhat Operating System on the R710 Dell server and re-setup multipathing. Here are some of the things that I've done: Install Redhat 5 using the Dell Resource CD and then yum update...
Simple Script to Backup VCenter Appliance Postgres Database
Create a backup dir # create a directory to hold the backup files mkdir /storage/backup # create a backup script file /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh # make it executeable chmod +x /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh Add the following to the backup script...
Find and replace a value in multiple files in a directory tree
Just had a situation where I need to find and replace a value in multiple html, js, php files starting in /var/www/html and descending to replace all instances. This worked for me. fgrep srv-02 * -lR | xargs sed -i.bak -e 's/srv-02/srv-04/g' Basically the above means...
Fedora 18 firewall-config fails to run ServiceUnknown error
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895067The answer was systemctl restart firewalld
Command to find which Server NIC is Connected to which Cisco Switch Port
Command to find out which ethernet card is connected to which Cisco switch port show mac-address-table | include b8ac.6f98 10 b8ac.6f98.4cdf DYNAMIC Gi0/23 1 b8ac.6f98.4cd7 DYNAMIC Gi0/8 1 b8ac.6f98.4cd9 DYNAMIC Gi0/3 Where the above values are: Vlan Mac Address Type...
Fedora 18 is too Modern for Progress 9.1E
Upgraded my home workstation to Fedora 18 and almost had an apoplexy when the following error was thrown when attempting to use a progress utility while connected to a remote server. Unable to use your terminal. Check your PROTERMCAP file. (443) ** Could not find...
Getting Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Runing on Fedora 18
The errors I encountered and the libraries I had to install to get Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 running on Fedora 18. ./firefox ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory yum install...
How do I install .msi files on WINE?
wine msiexec /i iSilo605W32Setup.msi
