Automating an Ubuntu Server Install
Introduction Updated for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS While the installation procedure for Ubuntu Server is simple enough, I wanted to create a total hands-free solution. Doing so would allow me to simply boot a new PC or Virtual Machine and have a working Ubuntu Server in 10 minutes or so. The solution I came up with [...]
VMWare Tools on Ubuntu 8.04 Server
Introduction I maintain a VMWare Server (not ESX) that currently hosts 9 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guests. To my mistake, I never thought of installing VMWare Tools on any of them until I started seeing premature performance bottlenecks. Being tasked with 9 installations, I could either install the Tools on each guest manually or look for [...]