http://www.howtoforge.com/taxonomy/term/43/all en http://www.howtoforge.com/themes/htf_glass/images/howtoforge_logo_glass_blue.gif http://www.howtoforge.com/taxonomy/term/43/all http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories <p><b>Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories</b></p> <p>This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an <b>Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) </b> server system (i386). You can find all the software used here in the Ubuntu repositories, so no external files (apart from a fixed Ubuntu Xen kernel to enable networking for the virtual machines) or compilation are needed.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:44 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-8.04-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-on-ubuntu8.04 <p><b>VMware Server On Ubuntu 8.04 Mini-Howto</b></p> <p>When upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 my VMware server stopped working, this what I had to do to get it up and running...</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-on-ubuntu8.04" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:01:05 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-on-ubuntu8.04 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-on-ubuntu8.04#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/recovering-corrupted-vmware-disk-images <p><b>Recovering Corrupted VMware Disk Images</b></p> <p>Many a time I cursed and vailed because VMware had let me down. Here is a "quick" and dirty way to access your corrupted VMware server/workstation .vmdk files.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/recovering-corrupted-vmware-disk-images" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Virtualization Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:42:28 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/recovering-corrupted-vmware-disk-images http://www.howtoforge.com/recovering-corrupted-vmware-disk-images#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/nx-client-with-vmware-server <p><b>How To Configure NX Client To Make A Remote Desktop Connection To View VMware Server Console Contents</b></p> <p>I know many of you are strugling with this one. It took me sometime to find the proper settings in NX Client for Windows. Many times after making the connection to the VMware Host Server - I could not see anything but a black screen of the Guest OS inside the VMware Server Console.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/nx-client-with-vmware-server" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Virtualization Other Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:29:19 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/nx-client-with-vmware-server http://www.howtoforge.com/nx-client-with-vmware-server#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/install-vmware-server-on-opensuse10.3 <p><b>How To Install VMware Server On OpenSUSE 10.3</b></p> <p>Today, I will explain to you how to install VMWare Server on openSUSE 10.3. What this will do for you is be able to run Windows inside your Linux computer. If you have that Windows app that just doesn't run under Wine, then this is the setup for you.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/install-vmware-server-on-opensuse10.3" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> SuSE Virtualization Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:17:30 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/install-vmware-server-on-opensuse10.3 http://www.howtoforge.com/install-vmware-server-on-opensuse10.3#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.0.4-fedora8-kernel-2.6.24 <p><b>VMware Server v1.04 On Fedora 8 With Kernel 2.6.24</b></p> <p>This document describes how to set up VMware Server v1.04 on Fedora 8 with the brand-new kernel 2.6.24 (2.6.24.3-12.fc8).</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.0.4-fedora8-kernel-2.6.24" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fedora Virtualization Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:52:14 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.0.4-fedora8-kernel-2.6.24 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.0.4-fedora8-kernel-2.6.24#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/make-your-xen-pae-kernel-work-with-more-than-4gb-ram-debian-etch-grub <p><b>How To Make Your Xen-PAE Kernel Work With More Than 4GB RAM (Debian Etch With GRUB)</b></p> <p>If you have a server with more than 4GB RAM and want to install a 32bit Debian Etch on it (following this tutorial: Debian Etch And Xen From The Debian Repository), you'd expect the Xen-PAE kernel to see all your RAM because the Xen-PAE kernel supports up to 64GB RAM. In fact, it recognizes only about 3.3GB RAM due to a bug in the GRUB bootloader. This article explains how you can fix GRUB so that all your RAM gets recognized.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/make-your-xen-pae-kernel-work-with-more-than-4gb-ram-debian-etch-grub" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Debian Virtualization Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:30:30 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/make-your-xen-pae-kernel-work-with-more-than-4gb-ram-debian-etch-grub http://www.howtoforge.com/make-your-xen-pae-kernel-work-with-more-than-4gb-ram-debian-etch-grub#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.04-guest-fix <p><b>VMware Server 1.04 Guest Fix</b></p> <p>This document describes how to fix the guest support for some Linux distributions, like Fedora 8, in VMware Server 1.04.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.04-guest-fix" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Virtualization Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:52:31 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.04-guest-fix http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware-server-1.04-guest-fix#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/using-kvm-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon <p><b>Using KVM On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)</b></p> <p>In this HowTo I'll explain how to install and use KVM for running your services in virtual machines. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel virtualization technique that provides full virtualization by using Intel VT (<i>Vanderpool</i>) or AMD-V (<i>Pacifica</i>).</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/using-kvm-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:38:29 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/using-kvm-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon http://www.howtoforge.com/using-kvm-on-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-1.0.4-on-ubuntu-7.10 <p><b>How To Install VMware Server 1.0.4 On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)</b></p> <p>This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions about how to install the free VMware Server on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-1.0.4-on-ubuntu-7.10" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:59:29 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-1.0.4-on-ubuntu-7.10 http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-1.0.4-on-ubuntu-7.10#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/create-vmware-machines-from-iso-files-without-burning-cds-dvds <p><b>Creating Virtual Machines In VMware Server From ISO Files Without Burning CDs/DVDs</b></p> <p>This article explains how you can create virtual machines in VMware Server from .iso files without burning the .iso file to a CD or DVD. This way you can save lots of blank CDs/DVDs.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/create-vmware-machines-from-iso-files-without-burning-cds-dvds" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Desktop Virtualization Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:21:25 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/create-vmware-machines-from-iso-files-without-burning-cds-dvds http://www.howtoforge.com/create-vmware-machines-from-iso-files-without-burning-cds-dvds#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-7.10-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories <p><b>Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories</b></p> <p>This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an <b>Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10)</b> server system (i386). You can find all the software used here in the Ubuntu repositories, so no external files or compilation are needed.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-7.10-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:34:31 +0100 http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-7.10-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-7.10-server-install-xen-from-ubuntu-repositories#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_tools_on_linux <p><b>How To Set Up VMware Tools On Various Linux Distributions</b></p> <p>This document explains how to set up the VMware Tools in the following guest operating systems: Ubuntu 7.04, Fedora 7, PCLinuxOS 2007 and Debian Etch. Installing VMware Tools in your guest operating systems will help maximize performance, provide mouse synchronization and copy &amp; paste functionality. This article also shows a way of making VMware Tools start automatically when you start a guest operating system.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_tools_on_linux" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Debian Fedora Linux PCLinuxOS Ubuntu Desktop Virtualization Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:51:05 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_tools_on_linux http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_tools_on_linux#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_server_1.0.4_plus_mui_ubuntu_7.04 <p><b>How To Install VMware Server + MUI 1.0.4 On Ubuntu 7.04</b></p> <p>VMware Server is a proprietary virtualization software package made available for no cost from the VMware website. VMware Server allows you to run entire operating systems in a <i>virtual machine</i>. This step-by-step guide provides instructions on installing, configuring and running VMware Server and VMware Management Interface (MUI) on a (Ed/K/X)Ubuntu Feisty Fawn host.</p><a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_server_1.0.4_plus_mui_ubuntu_7.04" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Ubuntu Virtualization Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:18:05 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_server_1.0.4_plus_mui_ubuntu_7.04 http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_server_1.0.4_plus_mui_ubuntu_7.04#comment http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_gui_fedora_7_desktop <p><b>Xen With Graphical User Interface On A Fedora 7 Desktop</b></p> <p>This document describes how to set up Xen on Fedora 7. Xen enables the paravirtualization of your hardware for its virtual machines if you have a CPU with Vanderpool (Intel) or Pacifica (AMD) technology. The paravirtualization provides high performance to your virtual machines. Fedora's virt-manager provides an easy to use GUI for setting up and managing your virtual machines. It does not have the extensive features like VMware Server, but the basics are in place.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_gui_fedora_7_desktop" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fedora Virtualization Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:59:44 +0200 http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_gui_fedora_7_desktop http://www.howtoforge.com/xen_gui_fedora_7_desktop#comment