Category Archives: boot from cd

Windows Home Server in VMware Fusion 3

Posted on March 22, 2010 by blandname

I set off on a quest to get the home backup / media server / remote access solution Windows Home Server with Power Pack 3 running inside of VMware Fusion 3 running on top of Apple OSX Snow Leopard (10.6). Continue reading →

Posted in Download, Downloads, Fusion 2.0, Mac Pro, OSX, RDP, VMWare, VMware Fusion, Virtual, Virtualisation, Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2003, apple, boot from cd, fusion, iMac, mac, macintosh, os x, software, virtualization, vm, windows | Leave a comment

Distro of the week: Berry Linux

Posted on November 2, 2006 by blandname

Up until a few years ago I was getting fed up trying to show Japanese friends that linux was a viable option to Windows XP SP2, because the input method that Linux used at the time quite truthfully stank. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Berry Linux, Fedora, OSS, Open Source, OpenSource, Physical Machine, RedHat, SourceForge, VMWare, VMWare Server, Virtual, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2, XGL, XP, boot from cd, japanese, linux, livecd, operating system, os, pc, software, virtual machines, virtualization, vm, windows | Leave a comment

Ubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 3 on VMWare Server

Posted on September 26, 2006 by blandname

More and more people are turning to virtualization these days. One of the main reasons is in order to test pre-release, beta, or alpha software. When it comes to Linux, the operating systems are in a state of constant flux … Continue reading →

Posted in Bon Echo, Firefox, Knot 3, Screenshots, VMWare, VMWare Server, Windows XP SP2, XP, beta, blandname, boot from cd, disk image, edgy eft, gnome, knot 2, linux, livecd, operating system, software, tip, training, tutorial, ubuntu, ubuntu 6.10, virtual machines, virtualization, vm, windows | 1 Comment

Where’s my Mac BIOS? (How to get into OpenFirmware Easily)

Posted on September 20, 2006 by blandname

A lot of people these days appear to be under the impression that Macs have a BIOS, which is unfortunate because they actually have something much better – Macs have OpenFirmware. This is true for G4 Mac Minis, PowerBooks, iBooks, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADC, Apple Developper Connection, BIOS, CD, G5, PowerBook, PowerPC, apple, boot from cd, eMac, g4, iBook, iMac, keyboard, laptop, linux, livecd, mac, mac mini, macintosh, openfirmware, operating system, os, os x, tip, tutorial | 18 Comments

Installing Ubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 2 on a Budget Mac Mini

Posted on September 8, 2006 by blandname

I’ve introduced this before but I got off to a really bad start and I appologize. So here’s the follow-up. Not only is Edgy Eft 2 quite stable, it also installs just fine on a Mac Mini, it simply doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Backup CDs, CD, PowerPC, alpha, apple, beta, bittorrent, boot from cd, edgy eft, g4, image, linux, livecd, mac, mac mini, macintosh, openfirmware, operating system, software, torrent, ubuntu, ubuntu 6.10 | 1 Comment