Tag: windows

Failed to delete VM – VMware Server

Right clicked the VM to delete and it removed from the Inventory but showed the following message:

Failed to delete VM
Reason: Failed to unregister the VM after it was deleted.

Another VMware error where Google showed nothing. 😦

Dirty and fast way to mount a Windows shared folder

Here is a dirty and fast way to mount a Windows shared folder:

  • Check what the Windows server is providing with smbclient:

root@linux:/ # smbclient –L <hostname> -W <domain> -U <user>

root@linux:/ # smbclient -L CORESERVER -W WINLLAB -U nimda
Password:
Domain=[WINLAB] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]

Sharename Type Comment
——— —- ——-
C$ Disk Default share
F$ Disk Default share
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
Resources$ Disk “Event logging files”
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
Address Disk “Access to address objects”
Domain=[WINLAB] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 1] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]

Server Comment
——— ——-
CORESERVER2 DC / DHCP / WINS / DNS /PS
CORESERVER3 LCS [ST : ]
CORESERVER EXCHANGE [ST : CV1FX81]

Workgroup Master
——— ——-
SYSADM
MYGROUP SERVERCORE

  • Mounting the Windows Shared folder on RHEL5

root@linux:/ # mount -t cifs <hostname>:<share> <mount point on Linux> -ousername=<username>,domain=<domain>

root@linux:/ # mount -t cifs CORESERVER:F\$ /mnt/temp -ousername=nimda,domain=WINLAB
Password:

# cd /mnt/temp
# ls -lh
total 27G
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 31 08:52 Arquivos
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 214M Feb 27 16:40 CD_sun4u_sparcv9__marTux_0.2__small_naked_demo_cd_bs512b.iso.bz2
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 2.3G Nov 19 16:33 CentOS-4.6-i386-binDVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.6G Nov 24 19:31 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 5.6G Jan 15 14:47 eis-dvd.ISO
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.2G Nov 2 14:05 Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 647M Feb 14 07:22 in-preview2.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 630M Nov 1 01:52 in-preview.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 1.4G Feb 11 08:37 n1sm-1.3.3-ga-linux-x86.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 251M Feb 15 12:07 oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 2.2G Feb 12 10:37 RHEL4.6-i386-AS-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.4G Jan 21 14:03 sol-nv-b70b-x86-dvd.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 932M Feb 6 13:50 SunSXDE108-1.zip
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 1.3G Feb 6 13:07 SunSXDE108-2.zip
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 338M Jun 28 2007 sxrt5.0x64_x86_5.0x64a.dvd2.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 163M Jan 6 14:46 systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.2.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 394M Feb 28 09:15 ubuntu-6.06.2-server-sparc.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 473M Feb 27 08:06 ubuntu-7.10-server-sparc.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 101M Feb 15 11:53 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 147M Dec 26 13:21 VMware-server-installer-1.0.4-56528.exe

  • Using smbmount to mount a Windows shared folder. Deprecated in RHEL5 (no more smbfs, cifs available) and available for up to RHEL4

root@linux:/ # smbmount //<hostname>/<share> <mount point on Linux> -o username=<username>

root@linux:/ # smbmount //SERVERCORE/F$ /mnt/temp -o username=nimda/WINLAB
Password:

root@linux:/ # cd /mnt/temp
root@linux:/ # ls -lh
total 27G
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 31 08:52 Arquivos
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 214M Feb 27 16:40 CD_sun4u_sparcv9__marTux_0.2__small_naked_demo_cd_bs512b.iso.bz2
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 2.3G Nov 19 16:33 CentOS-4.6-i386-binDVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.6G Nov 24 19:31 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 5.6G Jan 15 14:47 eis-dvd.ISO
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.2G Nov 2 14:05 Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 647M Feb 14 07:22 in-preview2.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 630M Nov 1 01:52 in-preview.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 1.4G Feb 11 08:37 n1sm-1.3.3-ga-linux-x86.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 251M Feb 15 12:07 oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 2.2G Feb 12 10:37 RHEL4.6-i386-AS-DVD.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 3.4G Jan 21 14:03 sol-nv-b70b-x86-dvd.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 932M Feb 6 13:50 SunSXDE108-1.zip
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 1.3G Feb 6 13:07 SunSXDE108-2.zip
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 338M Jun 28 2007 sxrt5.0x64_x86_5.0x64a.dvd2.tar.gz
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 163M Jan 6 14:46 systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.2.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 394M Feb 28 09:15 ubuntu-6.06.2-server-sparc.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 473M Feb 27 08:06 ubuntu-7.10-server-sparc.iso
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 101M Feb 15 11:53 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
-rwxrwSrwt 1 root root 147M Dec 26 13:21 VMware-server-installer-1.0.4-56528.exe

Acer Aspire 5100-3959 restores with FAT32 file system

The Acer Aspire that I bought came with two partitions. One for the operating system and the other one for your data.

I recently restored my system and Acer’s restore disk converted the C: partition to FAT32. To convert it to NTFS, open a command prompt (under Start Menu, Acessories) and type the following command:

> convert c: /fs:ntfs

The type of the file system is FAT32.
Enter current volume label for drive C: ACER
Convert cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process.  Convert may run if this volume is dismounted first.
ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) n
Convert cannot gain exclusive access to the C: drive,
so it cannot convert it now.  Would you like to
schedule it to be converted the next time the
system restarts (Y/N)? y
The conversion will take place automatically the next time the
system restarts.

Now reboot the system and it will convert the drive auomatically at the next boot.