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\[alexp, Athena VM\] DHCP will work in an Athena VM if you first get a fixed IP address from Network, then register the machine for DHCP. If the VM is moved or cloned later you need to make sure that the MAC address it has is the same as it had when it was registered for DHCP. After the registration takes effect, you need to have the following entry in */etc/athena/rc.conf*:
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ADDR=dhcp; export ADDR
vpnc works well as vpn within an Athena VM. To restore zephyr functionality on VM restart, you will likely need to run:
zctl load
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VMware Fusion Virtual Machines are automatically excluded from Time Machine backups. This appears to be in response to an apple bug in 10.5 that may have been resolved in 10.5.2, though there is no formal word from VMware.See http://communities.vmware.com/message/882448#882448 for more info.
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If you rename a virtual machine, you will be presented with this warning that next time it is started:
Select I moved it
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If you copy a Virtual image while VMware Workstation is running, even if the Virtual Machine
is not running, there may be a lock file directory present in the folder containing the
Virtual Machine files (that folder ends with .lck). If you copy that folder along with all
the other files you will see the alert box:
Choosing Take Ownership does nothing but pop up the alert again.
You must choose Cancel and hand-delete the lock file directory from your copy.
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