Recent content by tronsr71

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    Headless Shuttle SN45G

    Alternatively, you could shutdown the computer remotely with the shutdown command. Just use shutdown /? if you aren't familiar with its switches. Personally, I use RTFM as a little pnemonic to help with shuting down remote computers (wheather headless or not). The /R is for restart (not...
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    hmmmm.... i did an install of win xp pro (sp2) as a virtual machine... after installing, i ran the vm tools for winxp.... what do you know.... same results as through ubuntu. My guess is that my expectations were just to high and there never was a problem. Nevertheless, i ended up...
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    i suspect that the vmware tools is not properly installing... even after the install runs.... when i right click on the ubuntu virtual machine in the server console, it still has the option "install vmware tools"
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    I'm assuming it uses vmware per this section of xorg.conf ' Section "Device" Identifier "VMware SVGA" Driver "VMware" EndSection'
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    gotcha... makes sense. Second Question: So the main reason I installed vm tools was to improve the graphics performance within my ubuntu virtual machine. My biggest gripe is that when dragging or resizing windows, it seems extremely choppy.... Even after installing vm tools...
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    Ok perfect.... so far so good. I had tried what you suggested before, but i was running into bash user-error problems. I am familiar with ms-dos / windows xp / windows 2003 command line syntax, but not BASH. When i typed "sudo ./vmware-install.pl" everything worked fine. Why is it...
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    Help installing VMware tools for Ubuntu 7.04

    Ok, first off, I am very very new to Ubuntu and Linux; please keep this in mind :) My question is... how do I install vmware tools for ubuntu? So far i have done the following... 1.) Installed Ubuntu 7.04 as a virtual machine 2.) Selected "Install VM Tools" from the VM tab. 3.)...
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    Calling all 2003 admins

    Probably a noob response but........ Why not just use active directory integrated zones? EDIT: ahhhh.... just noticed you need to be studying for 291, like me. :D
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    Need Avice for AM2 Motherboard under $100

    Hey everybody, I am in the market for an inexpensive AM2 motherboard and need some advice on picking a good board. I will be running a mix of operating systems on this setup, but mostly Windows 2003. This will be my 4th system build. Here are some parameters im interested in with...
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    Raid 5 on nForce 570 or 590

    Has anybody seen a review on this?
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    Raid 5 on nForce 570 or 590

    I've been reading a bit on raid setups lately. One thing I wanted to know is what people's experience with raid 5 on a nForce 570 or 590 chipset. It seems to me like it would make for a decent NAS since there are 6 SATA ports and gigabit ethernet ports both of which are not limited by the...