eduardo's /var/log: February 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009

Convert Leopard upgrade to retail

Put your licensed Leopard Disk in DVD Drive
Start Disk Utility
In Disk Utility Select New Image
The New Image Dialog will pop up. Leave everything at default setting and set Volume Size to “8.0 GB (DVD+R DL)”
Select the Leopard DVD on the side pane of the Disk Utility and Click Restore
Set the source as the Leopard DVD and destination as the Newly Created Disk Image
Now wait. This process will take a VERY long time.

After it is done, eject the DVD
Now you must show some hidden files on your Mac. To do that you will need to open your Terminal (in your utilities folder) and type the following commands:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True

Press Return then type in the next command:
Killall Finder

Press Return
This will show all hidden files.

Go into the newly created Leopard Image on your desktop
Navigate to /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/CDIS/
Right-Click on “Mac OS X Installer” and Click on Show Package Contents
In the New Window goto Contents/Resources and DELETE the “CheckForOSX” File
Now just rename the DMG Volume to Mac OS X Install DVD using the Get Info Dialog
Now burn this image

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

install vmware tools on freebsd

mount /cdrom

cd /tmp

Untar the VMware Tools tar file:

tar zxpf /cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
umount /cdrom

cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

reboot / execute:

vmware-toolbox

windowslive POP3

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes