- Detach all USB devices from the host.
The Recovery CD installs the ESXi image on the first USB memory device that it discovers. Unplug all USB devices before you use the Recovery CD to rebuild the ESX image on the internal USB device. - For Dell servers with DRAC 5 firmware, disable the Virtual Flash drive.
- Insert the Recovery CD into the ESXi host.
- Use the system BIOS to change the boot order so that the CD-ROM drive is listed first. To modify the boot sequence:
- Reboot the host.
- While the host is powering on, press a function key or Delete to open the BIOS setup.
- Select the CD-ROM drive and move it to the first position in the list.
The option to open the BIOS setup might be different for your server. You might need to open the BIOS configuration screens to modify the boot setting. As the host continues to power on, the Recovery CD Welcome screen appears.
- Press Enter to continue through the screens.
To cancel the recovery operation, press the Esc key. If you press the Esc key, the host reboots and the data contained on your server’s embedded USB flash remains intact. If you press Enter through all the screens and the recovery operation begins, you cannot cancel or undo the recovery. - Press Enter to reboot the host.
- Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive.
- Reopen the system BIOS to change the boot order so that the USB flash is listed first.
- Verify that the host boots into ESXi.
Jul 29 2010
How To – VMWare ESXi 4.1 on a SD Card
Jul 29 2010
How To – Install Android OS on your iPhone using iPhoDroid – Update Quadra Version
Update : iPhoDroid QUADRA released !! *Supports iOS 4.x*
iPhoDroid Quadra, new design for Open iBoot for iPhoDroid 1 shot. A new update is planned by the Dev (R13). iPhoDroid 1 shot is a version to install Android with USB.
Here is guide for version R12 for iPhone 3G users who like AndroidOS.
iPhoDroid, the tool that will automagically install Android OS on your iPhone 2G/3G was updated for iOS 4.0. Now you don’t need to install and use MacFuse anymore, and it improves the touch on iPhone 2G.
Here is an installer which will do the work for you and install in 7 minutes Android on your iPhone.
Required
- jailbroken iPhone Firmware 3.1.2 with BlackRa1n or Redsn0w or PwnageTool (does NOT work with Spirit jailbroken)
- OpenSSH installed with default password (alpine)
To avoid any issues, you must disable automatic lock of your iPhone. Go to Settings > General > AutoLock > Never.
Download iPhoDroid
- Unzip the file iPhoDroid_0.6beta_R12d_(for3G).zip and start the installer.
- Select your device.
- Follow the steps.
- Your Mac password is needed.
- Your iP address of your iPhone is needed. Continue reading “How To – Install Android OS on your iPhone using iPhoDroid – Update Quadra Version”
Jul 26 2010
How To – Recover Emails on Outlook 2000, 2003 and 2007
This how to is mostly for people trying to recover emails from folders that are outside the Deleted Items context (e.g. Inbox).
You will need to modify the registry (as an admin) and then restart outlook to enable the option to recover the files.
Note this only applies if you are in a network environment where Microsoft Exchange is used and the administrator has enabled to leave deleted emails on the server for x amount of days.
This feature requires you to use a Microsoft Exchange account. Most home and personal accounts do not use Exchange. This feature is designed for advanced users who are comfortable backing up and modifying the Microsoft Windows Registry.
Outlook provides a way to recover items after you have permanently deleted them, including after emptying the Deleted Items folder. Your Exchange server administrator specifies the retention time for permanently deleted items on the Exchange server. After this time has elapsed, you cannot recover the deleted items.
By default, to use the Recover Deleted Items command on the Tools menu, you must be viewing the Deleted Items folder. By modifying the registry, this command is available regardless of which Outlook folder that you are viewing. You can view and recover deleted items, including those items that were permanently deleted by using SHIFT+DELETE, for the folder that you are viewing.
Note If you deleted an item and emptied the Deleted Items folder, click Deleted Items to use Recovered Deleted Items. Only items that you permanently deleted with SHIFT+DELETE or SHIFT+
are available in folders other than Deleted Items.
If you use the registry editor incorrectly, you might cause serious problems that might require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using the registry editor incorrectly. Use the registry editor at your own risk.
- Exit Outlook.
- Open the Windows registry editor.
- Browse to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options.
- On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type the name DumpsterAlwaysOn.
Note Do not type any spaces in the name.
- Set the DWORD value to 1.
- Restart Outlook.
The Tools menu now has the Recover Deleted Items command for every Outlook folder.
Jul 19 2010
Upgrade ESXi 3.x – 4.0 to 4.1 – Error “Failed to read the upgrade package metadata.xml”
Friday I was at a customer to upgrade their ESXi 4.0 (free) to version 4.1.
This should have been an easy task, download CD, burn it and install.
This wasn’t the case, the new ESXi 4.1 wouldn’t install, it kept freezing during the extract of the cim.vgz file.
The problem occurred on both the Dell custom of ESXi 4.0 U1 and the standard ESXi 4.1.
We googled and googled but didn’t find a solution – in the end we blamed the error on the old bios version 1.1.4.
To my luck the customer still had the CD we installed the server with 9 months ago – ESXi 4.0.
We installed ESXi using the old CD and then everything was working – but we still needed to upgrade to ESXi 4.1.
So now what to do …….
Normally you use the hostupdate utility or the Remote CLI but the hostupdate utility is not included in the free version of ESXi and the we didn’t want to install the Remote CLI on the computer.
To my luck I had the hostupdate utility installed but i kept getting this error when trying to upgrade the ESXi host.
“Failed to read the upgrade package metadata.xml”
The solution to our problem was:
- Since it was a ESXi free with out support, we decided to use the “ESXi command line interface”, witch is unsupported.
Follow this guide to enable it (http://www.bauer-power.net/2010/04/vmware-esxi-hack-to-allow-ssh.html). - Download and extract the upgrade ZIP file from VMware.
- From the VIclient, upload the extracted files to the host datastore, using the “datastore browser”
- I uploaded the files to a folder named “upgrade” - Put the ESXi host in “Maintance Mode”
- Since it is a ESXi, this can only be done when all VM’s are powered off. - Connect the the ESXi console using ex. Putty.exe.
- Navigate to the upgrade directory.
cd /vmfs/volumes/local-datastore/upgrade
- Begin the upgrade process
esxupdate update -m metadata.zip
- When the upgrade is finished, reboot the host.
reboot
- To verify the new build number:
- Connect to the host using the VIclient
- Select the host
- Choose the “Summery” tab
- Verify that the ESXi version number and build has been updated
Jul 15 2010
How To Fix – VMWare the Specific Virtual Disk Needs Repair
People getting the following type of error should read this fix (I paid vmware to fix it as I couldnt fix it with methods posted on the internet):
“Cannot open the disk ‘path of vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: the specific virtual disk needs repair.
The above happened to me on VMWare Workstation 7.1
It is known that vmware workstation 7.1 has an embedded auto fix for vmdk files while starting them up, but sometimes it cannot fix them.
A way around this is as follows:
- Uninstall vmware workstation 7.1
- Install vmware workstation 7.0.1
- Open command prompt
- In the command prompt go to the location of where vmware is installed, in my case: “C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation”
- Make a note of the vmdk file you need to deal with (the error will show you the path and filename of the file you need to deal with.
- On the command prompt run: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -R “path of the vmdk file”
- Hit enter
- You should get a reply that says: “The virtual disk ‘path of file’ , was corrupted and has been successfully repaired.”
- Below is what it looks like on my end:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -R “D:\Virtual Machines\Iris Windows 2003 Standard\Iris Windows 2003 Standard-000002.vmdk”
The virtual disk, ‘D:\Virtual Machines\Iris Windows 2003 Standard\Iris Windows 2003 Standard-000002.vmdk’, was corrupted and has been successfully repaired.
I hope this helps resolve the problem for anyone reading this post.
You can now upgrade back to VMWare Workstation 7.1 
Jul 07 2010
Jailbreak iPhone 3GS *New iBoot* FW 4.0 using iBooty [Windows]
iH8sn0w has posted a process quite complex to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS with new iBoot.
This jailbreak based on the creation of a custom firmware using Sn0wbreeze, that you will install thanks to a new tool iBooty from iH8sn0w.
It is a TETHERED JAILBREAK = whenever you turn off your phone, you will need to re-connect it to a computer to be able to turn it back on
iPhone 3GS, find the version of your iBoot.
For old iBoot, follow this guide.
For iPhone 3GS with new iBoot, this tutorial concerns you !
Required :
- iPhone 3GS New iBoot. [Windows only]
- Have your ECID (shsh) signed for FW 3.1.2 only on Saurik server.
- IBSS Grabber
- Pwner Paylod RC2 pour iPhone 3GS
- iBooty 4.0 GUI
- Sn0Wbreeze 1.6.2
- Libusb (links below)
- Firmwares 3.1.2 et 4.0 pour le 3GS
- iTunes 9.2
First condition : Have your file shsh 3.1.2 signed with Saurik server.
- Modify your file Host. Read this guide.
- You can have locally your ECID/ShSh on your PC grabbed with Umbrella.
- If you do NOT have your ECID/ShSh signed for firmware 3.1.2, it is NOT possible to do it, actually only Firmware 4.0 is signed !
Grab the fileIBSS from Firmware 3.1.2
- Put your iPhone in DFU mode (black screen)
- Use the software IBSS Grabber
- Click on Save. Save the folder or the file IBSS on your desktop of your computer.
- Then click on “Start Watching”.
- When it is finished, start iTunes and restore the Firmware 3.1.2
- When the restore is finished, go to the folder thath you put on your desktop thanks to IBSS Grabber.
- In this folder, go to Firmware and then in the folder DFU.
- You will find the file IBSS extracted from the Firmware 3.1.2.
Creation of a Custom Firmware iOS 4
Install libusb
WARNING! this program is very important for your USB drivers. Windows Vista and Seven, right click libusb-win32-….exe and put XP SP3 compatibility and execute as admin.
After executingt this tool, you are in the ideal mode to leave Recovery mode and then reboot your iPhone.
Free your IBSS and iBoot
- Execute the tool Pwner Paylod RC2 pour iPhone 3GS
- Follow the steps.
- This will create some files that you must copy in the same folder as iBooty-4.0.
Prepare iBooty
- Extract with 7-zip your Custom Firmware created before with Sn0wbreeze.
- Put the files or folder Kernelcache and Firmware/DFU/iBEC.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu in the same folder as iBooty 4.0
Rename the 3 following files :
- iBSS 3.1.2 signed to « ibss312.dfu »
- Kernel 4.0-Custom to « kernel.40″
- iBEC 4.0-Custom to « ibec40.dfu »
So, in the folder iBooty, you should have the following files :
* iboot.payload – created with Payload Pwner.
* exploitibss312 – created with Payload Pwner.
* ibec40.dfu – extracted from Custom Firmware created with Sn0wbreeze.
* irecovery.exe – included with iBooty.
* readline5.dll – included with iBooty.
* iBooty.exe – included with iBooty.
* ibss312.dfu – your IBSS file during the restore of FW 3.1.2
* kernel.40 – extracted from Custom Firmware created with Sn0wbreeze.
* sn0w.img3 – included with iBooty.
Restore Firmware iOS 4 Custom.
- You are with Firmware 3.1.2 restored just before.
- Start iBooty.exe and select “Prepare Device for Custom Firmware”. The process starts and you will obtain snow, you can continue..
- Start iTunes, then press SHIFT + Restore to install Custom iOS 4
- At the end of the restore, the screen is black, this is normal !
Activate your Custom iOS 4
- Start iBooty.exe
- Click on « Boot It »
You should then have a jailbroken iOS 4 on your iPhone 3GS New iBoot.
Jun 26 2010
How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS to 4.0 with Sn0wbreeze | Windows
This guide provides instruction on how to jailbreak and unlock the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) firmware 4.0 using Sn0wbreeze 1.6.1 by the ih8sn0w.
If you are on firmware 3.1.3 and jailbroken with Spirit you can not go directly to jailbroken 4.0. If your iPhone 3GS has the new bootrom you can not currently jailbreak 4.0. You can figure out what bootrom you have by running f0recast, if it says Tethered Yes then you can not currently jailbreak 4.0.
You need to be on 3.1.2 firmware and jailbroken. If you need to downgrade back down to 3.1.2 make sure you have you SHSHs on file in Cydia for 3.1.2. Afterwords simply run blackra1n, edit your hosts file back to normal, and you’ll be ready to follow this guide.
If you are on 3.1.3 or 4.0 and can’t downgrade to 3.1.2 because you don’t have your SHSHs on file you currently can’t jailbreak your iPhone 3GS to 4.0.
Now that you’re on 3.1.2 jailbroken we’re ready to start jailbreaking to 4.0!
Lets first download everything needed.
Launch Sn0wbreeze. Click OK.
Click the arrow.
Choose Simple Mode. Click the Arrow.
Click Browse.
Continue reading “How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS to 4.0 with Sn0wbreeze | Windows”
Jun 26 2010
How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS to 4.0 with PwnageTool | OS X
This guide provides instruction on how to jailbreak and unlock the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) firmware 4.0 using Pwnagetool4.01 for OS X by the iphone dev team.
If you are on firmware 3.1.3 and jailbroken with Spirit you can not go directly to jailbroken 4.0. If your iPhone 3GS has the new bootrom you can not currently jailbreak 4.0. You can figure out what bootrom you have by running f0recast, if it says Tethered Yes then you can not currently jailbreak 4.0.
You need to be on 3.1.2 firmware and jailbroken. If you need to downgrade back down to 3.1.2 make sure you have you SHSHs on file in Cydia for 3.1.2 and then follow this guide. Afterwords simply run blackra1n, edit your hosts file back to normal, and you’ll be ready to follow this guide
If you are on 3.1.3 or 4.0 and can’t downgrade to 3.1.2 because you don’t have your SHSHs on file you currently can’t jailbreak your iPhone 3GS to 4.0.
Now that you’re on 3.1.2 jailbroken we’re ready to start jailbreaking to 4.0!
Lets first download everything needed.
iPhone 3GS 4.0 firmware (if you’re using Safari follow this guide)
Run PwnageTool 4.01. Click OK.
Select iPhone 3GS, Click the Arrow.
PwnageTool will automatically search your computer for the correct IPSW, if it doesn’t find it browse to the one you downloaded earlier, click the arrow.
Click yes to save the custom IPSW on your desktop.
If you are using an iPhone carrier and use iTunes to activate click yes, otherwise if you are unlocking or don’t activate with iTunes click no.
PwnageTool does its thing.
Continue reading “How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS to 4.0 with PwnageTool | OS X”
Jun 26 2010
How to Unlock iPhone 3GS/3G on 4.0 Firmware
All current iPhone 3GS/3G basebands can be unlocked on firmware 4.0 using the dev team’s ultrasn0w 0.93. That means if your jailbroken your iPhone 3GS old bootrom or jailbroken iPhone 3G to 4.0 you can unlock it!
Turn on wifi and connect to your network.
Go to Cydia.
Go to Manage. Tap Sources
Tap Edit.
Continue reading “How to Unlock iPhone 3GS/3G on 4.0 Firmware”
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