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Booting a Centos Xen Dom0 under VMWare

Booting a Centos Xen Dom0 under VMWare

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Just a few quick notes on how I got a CentOS v4.4 Xen dom0 to boot inside a VMWare Server VM… yum install bridge-utils SDL rpm -ivh xen-3.0.4.1-1.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.16.33-3.0.4.1.i386.rpm vi /etc/yum.conf Add: exclude=xen xen-kernel xen-devel kernel mv /lib/tls /lib/tls.disabled mkinitrd -f -v –preload=scsi_mod –preload=sd_mod –preload=mptbase –preload=mptscsih –preload=mptfc –preload=mptspi /boot/initrd-2.6.16.33-xen_3.0.4.1.img 2.6.16.33-xen_3.0.4.1 vi /boot/grub/grub.conf Add:   title Xen v3.0   root (hd0,0)   kernel /xen-3.0.gz noreboot dom0_mem=128000   module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/VolGroup00/root   module /initrd-2.6-xen.img Reboot!

Want to sound like you work at CTU?

Want to sound like you work at CTU?

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Gordon’s just sent me the URL of quite probably the best ringtone site I’ve visited (probably because I dont recall ever visiting a ringtone site) Are you sad enough to want to reproduce that distinctive CTU ringtone from the TV series ’24’ on your mobile phone? Well, I am. So I worked out the RTTTL code needed to get it on my little Nokia 8210. But that was just the start of the story. Ever since I posted the code…

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Minor annoyance with Outlook/Office 2007

Minor annoyance with Outlook/Office 2007

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I’ve just upgraded to Outlook 2007 and while I mostly like the new interface, I’ve come across something that bugs me… In previous Outlook versions, I’ve always modified the toolbar to add a button for “Next Item in Conversation Topic”. This option allows you to easily follow threads on mailing lists or private email conversations. This option still exists in Outlook 2007, but you can no longer customise the new “Ribbon” interface – You can only modify the “Quick Access…

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