A company that develops virtualization software; specify which tool you're using (Workstation, Player, ESX etc...) if relevant.
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Accidentally set screen resolution too high, it won't change back
I'm using VMware with Arch and XFCE. The default screen resolution was too small for me so I wanted to change it to something higher. I accidentally selected a screen size that was too big and I ...
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1answer
357 views
Unknown hard disk partition?
I want to mount my 2nd hard disk from my Linux vmware guest but I try mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 to no avail. fdisk -l /dev/sdb gives me unknown format:
/dev/sdb1 2048 4208639 ...
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1answer
374 views
Windows host shares doesn't get mount when I boot into Linux guest in vmware?
I've enable network shares in vmware and I want to share a Windows folder with my Linux guest OS but I don't know where to look in my guest OS? In Linux I've looked into network shares and samba ...
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error when i try to reboot freebsd on a virtual machine - vmware
this morning i start this topic with a problem in my virtual machine what i install and configureted in my laptop. Is a freebsd .iso version 8.2. Right now i want to reboot the system and is ...
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1answer
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Multipath device name doesn't display correctly
I'm playing with iscsi and I'm trying to figure out why the vendor/product names aren't showing up correctly. I've restarted all the appropriate services along with a reboot.
Listed below are the ...
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1answer
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How to force 1920x1080 resolution - Fedora 16, VMPlayer, 9800GTX
I'm running F16 on VMplayer, I don't think the drivers I'm using are for my nvidia card. I'm getting a max resolution of 1280*768.
My card is EVGA 9800GTX+ --- I need instructions on how to change my ...
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2answers
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Unable to boot VM: Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported Executable Format
I used VMWare vConverter and everything converted fine, but when I try to boot I get an error:
The physical machine boots correctly, so I don't think it is a source machine issue. I am not sure why ...
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1answer
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Possible to convert a linux installation to .VDI or ISO format?
I have an Oracle Peoplesoft installation set up on some virtual machines (they were in OVM format). I'd like to copy them over so they work in VirtualBox… would it be possible to convert them ...
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Solaris can't reach DHCP server with VMWare Player
I've got a very creepy problem. 3 days ago I installed some Windows 7 updates. After that my Solaris network has stopped working. I'm working at VMWare Player with OpenIndiana. Everything was okay ...
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1answer
166 views
CentOS boot problem
We're using VMware Server which is running on CentOS in our company environment. As you can see,now the only thing holding this up is the CentOS can't boot. Also, I am guessing it sounds like a ...
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1answer
260 views
Trying to install Vsphere ESX 4.0 on x86
I am trying to install Vsphere ESX 4.0 on my x86 machine. It is asking for Custom Drivers to install ESX.
When installed on VMware workstation it takes the current installed Ethernet interface ...
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1answer
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copy+paste between linux desktop and vmware player?
How can I copy+paste text between my linux desktop (GNOME Ubuntu 11.04) and the open vmplayer window running an ubuntu 64bit server terminal?
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How can I install Openfiler on Vmware ESX 4.1?
How can I install Openfiler on Vmware ESX 4.1? Is there a step-by-step guide?
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1answer
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Red Hat and Windows 7 dual boot system
I am looking for the best way to create a dual boot on my Red Hat system.
This is a Red Hat 5.3 System for scientific use, and we need to run some Windows software on it for visualization purposes.
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0answers
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Health monitoring solution from inside a virtual machine [closed]
I'm taking part in developing some application that will run on a virtualized platform. Currently it's going to be on VMWare ESXi, but I would not exclude the KVM option.
The application is real-time ...
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1answer
676 views
OpenGL in Fedora as a VMWare guest under Windows 7
I installed Fedora 14 (64-bit) on a Windows 7 64 bits system, as a guest in VMWare. I can't use OpenGL support, Compiz and other openGL programs do not work. I searched on Google; I found solutions if ...
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2answers
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VMware Tools on Fedora
Where is the best place to find resources on how to install VMware Tools on a Fedora guest? I had some trouble with Fedora 14 in the past and now I'm trying Fedora 15.
The host is Windows VMware ...
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Strange encoding in Slackware
I am a student and learning about operating systems, I was modifying a file using vi, when I accidentally did something (I don't remember what) that change the codification/encoding and now this is ...
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2answers
567 views
Getting better resolution using X on OpenBSD w/VMWare Fusion
Just setup an OpenBSD 4.8 VM for VMWare Fusion. Can't seem to force X to any decent resolution. I attempted to try and use the VMWare tools for FreeBSD, but no dice.
Any suggestions to try and get ...
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1answer
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Why does my Debian VMWare virtual machine lose all network connections ~15 minutes after boot?
I’m having a strange networking problem with a Debian (6) VMWare virtual machine on my Mac. Around 15 minutes after starting it up, I can no longer SSH into, view websites served from, or ping the VM.
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2answers
1k views
How on earth can I stop this CUPS-related message on my Debian 6 virtual machine?
I’ve got a Debian 6 VMWare virtual machine that I mostly use via SSH (but occasionally via the GUI).
Every few minutes, the following message gets printed in my terminal:
CUPS config timestamp ...
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1answer
691 views
Two networks cannot be accessed simultaneously
I have two networks on a server. One being my internal network, and the other being an external IP address. This is on Debian Lenny. Here is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
# This file describes ...
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1answer
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“Split I/O”s on a Linux VM, disk alignment
I'm trying to figure out if there's some way I can tell if a system is being adversely affected by disk misalignment -- i.e. when I do a disk I/O operation, it actually needs to request extra blocks ...
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6answers
818 views
Find out if the OS is running in a virtual environment
Is there any way to find out if the OS i'm running (actually installing) is running in a VMWare machine. I need to disable ntp settings if the automated install is done on a virtual machine but keep ...
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2answers
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how to get IP from DHCP in network in redhat which is installed on VMware
I'm running Red Hat inside a VMware image (on a Windows XP machine). I want to connect the Red Hat VM to our network; do I need to configure something inside VMware or inside Red Hat? I don't have any ...
