Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Disabling the desktop environment in Solaris

To disable the GUI startup: /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d
And, to enable it again: /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e

I never remember this and have to google it. Hope it helps someone besides me. :-)

I can never get into the BIOS under vmware

Just paste the following text into the image’s vmx file while it’s shut down:

bios.forceSetupOnce = “TRUE”


# The VMware Fusion BIOS posts too quickly to access.
Most users will not need to access the BIOS, but advanced users might want to do so, to change the boot order, set a boot password, or enable a second floppy drive. To work around this problem, use a text editor to add the following line to the configuration (.vmx) file of the virtual machine:
bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE"
The next time you boot up the virtual machine, it will automatically boot into the BIOS. This configuration option then reverts to FALSE. You must set the option to TRUE each time you want to boot the virtual machine into the BIOS.

via http://www.vmware.com/support/fusion/doc/releasenotes_fusion.html

A Little Story

Emma Letter People Story

I am Ms. F. I am happy to have come your way.
RRR. Said Mr. R. I do not like you Ms. F. Not at all.
And Ms. F went to Ms. T and said, “Mr. R does not like me.”
“Not all letter people like each other”
The End

Just a little story my 5 year old Emma made up. They’re learning the alphabet in kindergarten and the letter people are the stars, and she’s writing stories about them already. By herself.

GObama

Congratulations President-elect Barack Obama! Yes We Can!