Ubuntu 15.04 MaaS – iscsistart connection refused
If you found this page you’re here for a very specific reason so I won’t go into details. On the MaaS server, start the iscsi service manually and you should be good: sudo /etc/init.d/tgt
Virtualization
Amazon EC2 – Instance does not have a volume attached at root (/dev/sda1)
I thought I was being clever and made a snapshot of an image I was working on before making some DNS modifications. The modifications broke the entire app and I ended up having to restore it, but having never worked… Continue Reading
Ubuntu, VirtualBox – How to start your virtual machines automatically at boot!
I use a VirtualBox virtual host at work, and I needed to make it so that in the event things really went south with the server, someone at the office can just hard reboot it and it would take care… Continue Reading
VirtualBox – Compressing a dynamic VDI
From “How to compact a VirtualBox virtual disk image (VDI):” VBoxManage modifyvdi image.vdi compact
VirtualBox
I recently dumped VMware Server 1.0.8 in favor of VirtualBox, and so far I haven’t looked back. As far as my needs go, I just need a virtual instance of Windows to run some applications that WINE cannot emulate. I… Continue Reading
VMware Server 1.0.8 – /libview/autoDrawer.c: line 213 assertion failed
On Ubuntu 9.04 with VMware Server 1.0.8, I am getting the following sporadic error: (null): file ../../libview-0.5.6/libview/autoDrawer.c: line 213 (ViewAutoDrawerUpdate): assertion failed: (grabbed) There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Navigating through menus? Crash. Open… Continue Reading
Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 – VMware Server key mappings messed up
I installed VMware server but found that the arrow keys didn’t work and my keyboard was not working as expected. I could use the numpad to navigate but I want to use the regular arrow keys. Did some research, found… Continue Reading
Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 – Installing VMware Server 1.0.7, 1.0.8
I am in the process of reinstalling VMware Server 1.0.8 on my Ubuntu 9.04 box. These are the same procedures I used to install it on 8.10. sudo apt-get install build-essential This will install the kernel headers and the compilers… Continue Reading
VMWare File Sharing Workaround
One of VMWare Server’s (many) limitations is that there is no easy way to share files with a VM unless you set up some sort of file sharing network amongst your VMs and the host. Sometimes when going cross-platform this… Continue Reading