Friday, December 7, 2012

Expanding Windows 2003 server harddrive

Today i need to expand the drive of a VMware machine that is running W2k3. I found this little guide.

jjclements w2k3 guide

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Two external display Macbook Air 11"

I wrote earlier about the Macbook Air not being possible to use two external screens out of the box with Thunderbolt. Now i use the Dualhead2go from Matrox. It works really smoothly. Since i cant go full screen with any programs and i get loads of desktop space with my dual 24" screen + 11" laptop setup i use a program called Window Tidy. I can create any kind of layout i want to.
My screen setup is the following.

Left 24" screen: Safari + Finder
Right 24" screen: Remote desktop, VMware Fusion, Terminal
Macbook Air 11" screen(middle and below the two screens): E-mail

I get a nice workspace and it is not to expensive compared to the Thunderbolt display.

Possible to install ESXi on mac mini?

I just got a question if it is possible to install ESXi on a mac mini. I found this article on paraguin that was helpful. They have managed to install a ESXi server on Mac mini. It seems like the perfect home lab for networking. No need for noisy home servers that take up much space! Paraguin Mac mini ESXi