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Using static disks in Parallels for performance
Using a static disk, or even just multiple disks, within Parallels can make a big difference to performance. This is particularly true with Windows virtual machines within OS X; I’ve managed to change the boot time from about 30 seconds to under 2…
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Parallels Update
Parallels for Mac has been updated, but its the stuff beyond the highlight elements that I find most interesting. The headline elements are: Support for the new Mac Pro (and up to 3.5GB RAM Support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Experimental support …
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Making a single extractor
One of my new articles is on smplifying your command line (read more about System Administrators Toolkit: Standardizing your UNIX command-line tools, making your life easier as you move between different environments. The same principles can be ap…
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Copying multiple files with scp
I keep my .bash init scripts on one machine and copy them over to each machine on which I have a login. There’s various bits of logic in there to ensure that the right PATH and other values are set according to the host and/or platform. I then hav…
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Stepped execution with cron and at
I had a query from a reader today as a follow up to my System Administrators Toolkit: Time and event management article at developerWorks: How do I execute a script at a specific interval, for example 28 days, rather than on a specific day or date…