locating commands in linux

which (tracks through $PATH)
alias (shows aliases)
declare -F (shows bash functions)


bash function reminder came from
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.solaris/2007-04/msg00957.html

command line vmware

The vmrun command is used to run from the command line.

For running on linux with vmserver 2

vmrun -T server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u Username \
-p "PasswordWithSpecialCharsEscaped" list

vmrun -T server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u Username \
-p "PasswordWithSpecialCharsEscaped" start "Exact vmware name of vmx"

Exact vmware name of the vmx : "[standard] Name/Name.vmx"
Watch out for extra spaces or other white space.

solaris 10 fault manager

fmadm is the fault manager - requires root to work

Java i2c c2i adapters

What is I2CAdapter?

I2CAdapter and C2IAdapters are for traversing between compiled and interpreted java byte code.

windows persistent static routes

route -p add "dest.ip.addr" mask "netmask" "gateway"

-p to make the routing persistent

"dest.ip.addr" - like 172.18.0.0
"netmask" - netmask like 255.255.255.0
"gateway" - like 192.168.244.1

The persistent routes are stored in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\PersistentRoutes

virtual pc 2007 sp1 dvd limitations

The dvd drive presented by virtual pc 2007 does not have a drive region. This can result in encrypted dvds not playing correctly in linux. The issue is the dvd decrypting library needs the region code to actually decode the dvd.