Re: [MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
> Dan wrote: > My STAR system is on a VM that runs off an external drive. It > works fine, but it’s sluggish and I don’t care to have the > hassle of an external drive. I found a larger hard drive for my > laptop, but I want to move the VM to the larger hard drive and > put it into the laptop as the boot drive. Why not keep it as a virtual machine? It is very easy to copy, move to new hardware, keep special software running on old operating systems, etc. Especially since from what I remember STAR is picky. If it's happy in a VM - leave it there! > I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a > hard drive. Virtualbox or VMWare? I haven't used VMWare in more than a decade. Virtualbox can mount external harddrives via USB. But the recent open source versions of virtualbox need "extensions" to allow USB. Those are separate pieces due to licensing. I only run Virtualbox host on Linux, so I can't comment on what is included on a Mac on MSWin install. Might that be your problem? I still recommend keeping it as a virtual machine and not turning it into hardware. But maybe I'm not understanding what you are really trying to do. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mechanic special 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS - $600 (Greer)
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:08:14 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > The trunk lid alone is worth thousands. Well, then, buy it and tell us how many thousands you have made after you flip it. > On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 7:47 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Wheels not included > > > > https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/greer-2006-mercedes-benz-cls/7179628080.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Amazon Delivery Clown Trying to Buy My W124
AN Amazon delivery dude, driving a brand new 2500 GMC DuraMax, lifted, gaudy looking, rang my doorbell and asked me if my 300D was for sale. I told him everything is always for sale, typically. He said his little brother (his delivery cohort) just moved into town and he needed a car so he and his wife and new baby could get around. I told him $2K and the AC needs a fresh charge of R12 (I haven’t done it this year because I’m not driving it hardly at all). So immediately they were asking “what’s your bottom line….new wife and baby…..Jesus will bless you….will you take $500”. When I quickly said no, the brother said, “let’s gamble for it. I win, you sell it to him for $500. You win, we give you $2k.” I laughed and said something akin to get lost, asshat. Bob R. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mechanic special 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS - $600 (Greer)
The trunk lid alone is worth thousands. On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 7:47 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wheels not included > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:05 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Is the $600 number what the owner will pay to have it hauled off... OR > ... > > Is that the Dollar amount he wants for that heap of burned out crap? > > > >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:58 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Needs Martha! > >> > >> > >> > https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/greer-2006-mercedes-benz-cls/7179628080.html > >> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Honest CL ad 240D
Rare US model with velour seating. On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 2:55 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/greenville-1982-mercedes-240d-diesel/7180626190.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
> Are you still heating with resistance? Yes. But, with substantial wood auxiliary heat. > So all consumption of electricity within the house is absolutely free in > winter, unless it sends warm water down the drain or photons out a window? Don't forget the electric dryer. (I don't use it, but my wife won't NOT use it.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mechanic special 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS - $600 (Greer)
Wheels not included --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:05 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Is the $600 number what the owner will pay to have it hauled off... OR ... > Is that the Dollar amount he wants for that heap of burned out crap? > >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:58 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Needs Martha! >> >> >> https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/greer-2006-mercedes-benz-cls/7179628080.html >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Could be a good deal 2004 Mercedes Benz ML 350 - $2, 200 (Raleigh)
It might be throwing some codes that could help figure it out. Probably nothing too serious. Might be a good deal to start negotiating at $1500 as it looks fairly nice other than the bumper cover. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 6:17 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > 208k? > Runs slightly rough? > Those ignition coils don't last forever, although it'll run pretty good on > half of them, as long as each cylinder gets reliable spark to one plug. > > I know a Snap-On Soleus Ultra has a scope function to read individual plug > voltage patterns, can show that a cylinder has a flatline coil and an > inconsistent coil when the ECU has no pending or set codes for misfires. > I'm not sure if the SDS setup does that or not. The only time I tried to > do ignition on the SDS, it was on the W140 which had codes telling me > which coils were bad. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Could be a good deal 2004 Mercedes Benz ML 350 - $2, 200 (Raleigh)
208k? Runs slightly rough? Those ignition coils don't last forever, although it'll run pretty good on half of them, as long as each cylinder gets reliable spark to one plug. I know a Snap-On Soleus Ultra has a scope function to read individual plug voltage patterns, can show that a cylinder has a flatline coil and an inconsistent coil when the ECU has no pending or set codes for misfires. I'm not sure if the SDS setup does that or not. The only time I tried to do ignition on the SDS, it was on the W140 which had codes telling me which coils were bad. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
On Thu, August 20, 2020 2:40 pm, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > My only complaint is that in high summer, the > heat it (and the big monitor) kick out is a little unwelcome. In winter, > just the opposite. Are you still heating with resistance? So all consumption of electricity within the house is absolutely free in winter, unless it sends warm water down the drain or photons out a window? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
Probably your modem negotiates with whatever the next thing is upstream and that box kept your configuration. If its their box they've probably got some little note in the ToS that allows for it. We've got a storage system that has a little Linux computer (or 2 for redundancy) onboard. If the computer fails you get a replacement, hot swap it into the box, it picks up your software version and configuration from a saved copy and configures itself. It sits and churns for about 15 minutes and then is ready to use again. Compared to the old days when new hardware meant between 9 and 25 minutes of staring, hoping, praying the system would accept a manual update this is indeed magik and well appreciated. -Curt On Thursday, August 20, 2020, 4:25:26 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: It's a Uverse modem, I plugged it into the line, it churned and blinked for a few minutes then all was well. I had the computer plugged in directly, phone etc are on wifi. I don't know how it did it, but it made my life simpler I guess. Maybe they knew this modem was for me, or maybe it just talked to their network and it knew it was mine as it was on my line. F'n Majick however it was done. I boxed up the old one to send back, there are a coupla little bits inside rattling around, probably something that got blown off the circuit board or something. --FT On 8/20/20 3:56 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: >> Was AT storing the settings in their cloud and the new one automatically >> downloaded it all and reset itself? > Horses, not zebras. The necessary settings could have been on your computer > and applied. > Or yes, they could have come from the other end of the link. Not necessarily > very far away > as these things go. No need for a nebulous cloud. Especially if this is a > proprietary modem. > What is the nature of the physical link? Did they know for whom the > replacement was destined? > Could have been pre-configured before being shipped. > > -- Jim > -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
On Thu, August 20, 2020 2:24 pm, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > The (unplugged) power cord _alone_ is enough of an antenna to destroy > sensitive electronics if the lightning strike is close enough. Lightning > is the original 500# Gorilla. It sleeps wherever it wants to. Which is why there are Youtube vids of people testing Faraday cans from Home Depot. (short version, taping around the lid with conductive metal tape makes for a pretty good shield) https://www.homedepot.com/p/Behrens-31-Gal-Galvanized-Steel-Round-Trash-Can-with-Lid-1270/100202118 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Mechanic special 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS - $600 (Greer)
Is the $600 number what the owner will pay to have it hauled off... OR ... Is that the Dollar amount he wants for that heap of burned out crap? On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 11:58 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Needs Martha! > > > https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/greer-2006-mercedes-benz-cls/7179628080.html > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
It's a Uverse modem, I plugged it into the line, it churned and blinked for a few minutes then all was well. I had the computer plugged in directly, phone etc are on wifi. I don't know how it did it, but it made my life simpler I guess. Maybe they knew this modem was for me, or maybe it just talked to their network and it knew it was mine as it was on my line. F'n Majick however it was done. I boxed up the old one to send back, there are a coupla little bits inside rattling around, probably something that got blown off the circuit board or something. --FT On 8/20/20 3:56 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: Was AT storing the settings in their cloud and the new one automatically downloaded it all and reset itself? Horses, not zebras. The necessary settings could have been on your computer and applied. Or yes, they could have come from the other end of the link. Not necessarily very far away as these things go. No need for a nebulous cloud. Especially if this is a proprietary modem. What is the nature of the physical link? Did they know for whom the replacement was destined? Could have been pre-configured before being shipped. -- Jim -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
> Was AT storing the settings in their cloud and the new one automatically > downloaded it all and reset itself? Horses, not zebras. The necessary settings could have been on your computer and applied. Or yes, they could have come from the other end of the link. Not necessarily very far away as these things go. No need for a nebulous cloud. Especially if this is a proprietary modem. What is the nature of the physical link? Did they know for whom the replacement was destined? Could have been pre-configured before being shipped. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
So the new modem came today, plugged it in, it sorted itself out in a few minutes and I was back online. The instructions said to put the new one next to the old one and it would transfer settings over. Well, I couldn't do that since the old one was fried. So I was going to try to configure it to what my old modem's settings were, names and passwords and such, but lo somehow or other it booted up with exactly the same settings as the old one had. How did that happen? Was AT storing the settings in their cloud and the new one automatically downloaded it all and reset itself? THAT is weird and somewhat unsettling. --FT On 8/20/20 2:24 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: I flipped breakers after unplugging delicate electronics from the wall in preparation The (unplugged) power cord _alone_ is enough of an antenna to destroy sensitive electronics if the lightning strike is close enough. Lightning is the original 500# Gorilla. It sleeps wherever it wants to. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Could be a good deal 2004 Mercedes Benz ML 350 - $2, 200 (Raleigh)
With a new front bumber and some diagnosis https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/raleigh-2004-mercedes-benz-ml-350/7178463777.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Mechanic special 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS - $600 (Greer)
Needs Martha! https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/greer-2006-mercedes-benz-cls/7179628080.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Honest CL ad 240D
https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/greenville-1982-mercedes-240d-diesel/7180626190.html -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:42:26 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a hard > drive. While it gives me the ability to add one via the VM settings, it > wants to see a .vmdk or similar virtual drive, not a physical drive. > Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a > physical drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. > > I’m stumped as to how to proceed at this point. There’s got to be a way > to get the VM to recognize the USB hard drive. You need to add stuff to Virtual Box (other downloadable stuff on their website) to get it to recognize USB and the file-sharing locations on your disk you have specified. I have not done that for my Virtual Machine and cannot access them yet. Philip will be able to tell you more. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
> The big issue with VB and the Mac side is SIP. It creates all sorts of havoc > when it come to modifying the new disk, as SIP doesn’t want you to do it. I don't recall any such problems with it. I'm using VirtualBox 6.0.20, hosting Mac OS 10.6 (non-Server, via tricks), and 10.7, along with linux. It is running as me, not root. The old Mac OSs don't have SIP, and whatever VBox is doing doesn't seem to run afoul of it on the High Sierra host OS. I am using VMware Fusion 11 for Windows 10, and Linux. I am using Qemu for simulating the ARM for Raspberry Pi. This cheese grater kicks ass, so far as I am concerned. Running non-stop since late May, and busy every day. Perhaps no longer a speed demon, but plenty fast enough for me. My only complaint is that in high summer, the heat it (and the big monitor) kick out is a little unwelcome. In winter, just the opposite. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
I'm reminded of the Lazarus Long book where his AI decides it would like to be human so they grow a body for her and transplant the AI into the human. Pretty advanced stuff for the time it was written. Actually on investigation it was in "Time Enough for Love" which was written in 1973 so computers were already a thing... -Curt On Thursday, August 20, 2020, 12:43:15 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: My STAR system is on a VM that runs off an external drive. It works fine, but it’s sluggish and I don’t care to have the hassle of an external drive. I found a larger hard drive for my laptop, but I want to move the VM to the larger hard drive and put it into the laptop as the boot drive. I have both VMware Workstation on a PC as well as VirtualBox on a PC and my Mac. Here’s the process I want to use: STAR VM Clonezilla ISO 320 GB IDE hard drive connected to host via USB I’ll set up the Clonezilla ISO to boot, which should allow me to copy the VM to the physical drive. This is a common method to copy a VM to a physical device. Here’s the rub: I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a hard drive. While it gives me the ability to add one via the VM settings, it wants to see a .vmdk or similar virtual drive, not a physical drive. Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. I’m stumped as to how to proceed at this point. There’s got to be a way to get the VM to recognize the USB hard drive. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
The big issue with VB and the Mac side is SIP. It creates all sorts of havoc when it come to modifying the new disk, as SIP doesn’t want you to do it. I toyed with the idea of running VB as root, but that’s a scary thing and could potentially bodge up my machine. I know this can be done, I’m just not sure how - yet. -D > On Aug 20, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical >> drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. > > I was chasing doing this at one time, and I thought I'd gotten it to work. > It is _not_ a trivial process. > Then again, maybe I never did get it to work and gave up. I was trying to > get Mac OS 10.6 to boot > in a VMware partition, against a physical disk that could also be booted > directly to 10.6, but of course > you have to reboot the box to do it that way, which I did not want to do. My > biggest problem was > VMware vs 10.6 (non-server), which is not only un-supported but is actively > discriminated against. > (10.6 has Rosetta, which was the purpose of the exercise. That, and > configuring original Airport Express > modules, which only the OLD utility will talk to.) > > I gave up and went with VirtualBox instead, and abandoned the physical 10.6 > disk. (Which is still > in the machine, and could be booted to if I cared.) > > -- Jim > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
> I flipped breakers after unplugging delicate electronics from the wall in > preparation The (unplugged) power cord _alone_ is enough of an antenna to destroy sensitive electronics if the lightning strike is close enough. Lightning is the original 500# Gorilla. It sleeps wherever it wants to. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
> Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical > drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. I was chasing doing this at one time, and I thought I'd gotten it to work. It is _not_ a trivial process. Then again, maybe I never did get it to work and gave up. I was trying to get Mac OS 10.6 to boot in a VMware partition, against a physical disk that could also be booted directly to 10.6, but of course you have to reboot the box to do it that way, which I did not want to do. My biggest problem was VMware vs 10.6 (non-server), which is not only un-supported but is actively discriminated against. (10.6 has Rosetta, which was the purpose of the exercise. That, and configuring original Airport Express modules, which only the OLD utility will talk to.) I gave up and went with VirtualBox instead, and abandoned the physical 10.6 disk. (Which is still in the machine, and could be booted to if I cared.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
My Granny claimed there was no lightning in Seattle. That seems to have changed, as I do no recall much as a child when living there, but over the past 40 years there have been a number of really healthy storms each year, with sheet lightning and all the cool spangles and booms I learned about from Cliff Mass. Nothing as marvelous as the storms found in the semi and full tropics, but enough that I flipped breakers after unplugging delicate electronics from the wall in preparation for being GWN for months on end. clay > On Aug 20, 2020, at 7:46 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > Here in my part of the PNW we don't get a lot of lightning. But back when I > lived on the east coast I had a strike takeout the serial port of my Kaypro > II through the phone line. The socketed chip was easy enough to replace. > > Greg ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
Not sure what you’re describing (I know what you’re talking about as far as partitions.) The existing hard drive isn’t large enough for the STAR VM. Native hard drive in the laptop is 100GB. The VM is 95GB. Wouldn’t be enough room for the OS. This is why I want to clone/copy the VM to a hard drive. Once done, I can put it in the laptop and run directly off what used to be the VM. -D > On Aug 20, 2020, at 1:18 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > Perhaps I'm ignorant enough to come up with a solution: > > Why couldn't you create a new partition, clone the HD to the new partition, > et voila! > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff > via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:42 AM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Dan Penoff > Subject: [MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine > > My STAR system is on a VM that runs off an external drive. It works fine, but > it’s sluggish and I don’t care to have the hassle of an external drive. I > found a larger hard drive for my laptop, but I want to move the VM to the > larger hard drive and put it into the laptop as the boot drive. > > I have both VMware Workstation on a PC as well as VirtualBox on a PC and my > Mac. Here’s the process I want to use: > > STAR VM > Clonezilla ISO > 320 GB IDE hard drive connected to host via USB > > I’ll set up the Clonezilla ISO to boot, which should allow me to copy the VM > to the physical drive. This is a common method to copy a VM to a physical > device. > > Here’s the rub: > > I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a hard drive. > While it gives me the ability to add one via the VM settings, it wants to see > a .vmdk or similar virtual drive, not a physical drive. Apparently there are > ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical drive, but I’ve been > unsuccessful in getting this to work. > > I’m stumped as to how to proceed at this point. There’s got to be a way to > get the VM to recognize the USB hard drive. > > > > -D > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
Perhaps I'm ignorant enough to come up with a solution: Why couldn't you create a new partition, clone the HD to the new partition, et voila! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:42 AM To: Mercedes List Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: [MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine My STAR system is on a VM that runs off an external drive. It works fine, but it’s sluggish and I don’t care to have the hassle of an external drive. I found a larger hard drive for my laptop, but I want to move the VM to the larger hard drive and put it into the laptop as the boot drive. I have both VMware Workstation on a PC as well as VirtualBox on a PC and my Mac. Here’s the process I want to use: STAR VM Clonezilla ISO 320 GB IDE hard drive connected to host via USB I’ll set up the Clonezilla ISO to boot, which should allow me to copy the VM to the physical drive. This is a common method to copy a VM to a physical device. Here’s the rub: I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a hard drive. While it gives me the ability to add one via the VM settings, it wants to see a .vmdk or similar virtual drive, not a physical drive. Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. I’m stumped as to how to proceed at this point. There’s got to be a way to get the VM to recognize the USB hard drive. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT - VirtualBox & Copying a VM to a Physical Machine
My STAR system is on a VM that runs off an external drive. It works fine, but it’s sluggish and I don’t care to have the hassle of an external drive. I found a larger hard drive for my laptop, but I want to move the VM to the larger hard drive and put it into the laptop as the boot drive. I have both VMware Workstation on a PC as well as VirtualBox on a PC and my Mac. Here’s the process I want to use: STAR VM Clonezilla ISO 320 GB IDE hard drive connected to host via USB I’ll set up the Clonezilla ISO to boot, which should allow me to copy the VM to the physical drive. This is a common method to copy a VM to a physical device. Here’s the rub: I can’t get the VM to recognize the USB connected drive as a hard drive. While it gives me the ability to add one via the VM settings, it wants to see a .vmdk or similar virtual drive, not a physical drive. Apparently there are ways to create a vmdk file that “points” at a physical drive, but I’ve been unsuccessful in getting this to work. I’m stumped as to how to proceed at this point. There’s got to be a way to get the VM to recognize the USB hard drive. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
Here in my part of the PNW we don't get a lot of lightning. But back when I lived on the east coast I had a strike takeout the serial port of my Kaypro II through the phone line. The socketed chip was easy enough to replace. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott Ritchey via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:39 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Cc: Scott Ritchey Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit I think we were preoccupied by fear before the lightning strike. It was almost dark, even at midday, the wind was very loud, the raindrops actually hurt, and we had no visual references.. The excitement was really in retrospect. The "bang" was really loud and I think it stunned us, like a "flash-bang" grenade. We only realized what happened after the fact when we regained our senses. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:37 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit Wow, that must have been *exciting* --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 12:03 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > My most exciting (and odd) lightning encounter was in a 30 ft. sail boat > returning from the Destin inlet. A storm came up suddenly so we motored > under full power into the wind (under bare poles). The rain was so dense we > could not even see the bow so we steered by compass. The flash and bang were > simultaneous. Folks in the cockpit pointed forward at the very close > lightning strike. Folks in the cabin pointed aft, also at a very close > strike. Either there were two simultaneous lightning bolts or one bolt split > and hit in front and behind us. I remembered the hair on my arms standing up > just before the lightning strike. As the rain abated we saw we had been > blown backwards about 1/4 mile despite using full power. > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
I think we were preoccupied by fear before the lightning strike. It was almost dark, even at midday, the wind was very loud, the raindrops actually hurt, and we had no visual references.. The excitement was really in retrospect. The "bang" was really loud and I think it stunned us, like a "flash-bang" grenade. We only realized what happened after the fact when we regained our senses. -Original Message- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:37 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit Wow, that must have been *exciting* --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 12:03 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > My most exciting (and odd) lightning encounter was in a 30 ft. sail boat > returning from the Destin inlet. A storm came up suddenly so we motored > under full power into the wind (under bare poles). The rain was so dense we > could not even see the bow so we steered by compass. The flash and bang were > simultaneous. Folks in the cockpit pointed forward at the very close > lightning strike. Folks in the cabin pointed aft, also at a very close > strike. Either there were two simultaneous lightning bolts or one bolt split > and hit in front and behind us. I remembered the hair on my arms standing up > just before the lightning strike. As the rain abated we saw we had been > blown backwards about 1/4 mile despite using full power. > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] E63 wagoon
I passed wunnathese yesterday same color as my E320. I noticed the quad exhaust tips. It’s crazy this thing only has 9500mi but judging by the work done on it maybe it has sat in the garage most of the time > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-mercedes-benz-e63-amg-28/ > > --FT > Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT lightning hit
I was thinking the same thing. Our modem has been in place 4 years now, the rental would have cost the same as what I paid every 18 months... -Curt On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 7:00:27 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: I bought my own modem a few years back when I realized I would be money ahead in less than a year not paying the rental. In your situation that might not be the best plan! Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:50 PM To: Mercedes List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: [MBZ] OT lightning hit Was sitting at my desk At the computer yesterday during a thunderwhumper that was rolling through. Got a big ZAP right there, thought I had been hit by lightning, heard the boom a half second later back behind the house so the strike was very close by. Not sure what it hit, tree in the woods or something I guess. Fried my uverse modem which is about 6ft from where I was sitting so I’m thinking it came through the (buried) phone line. Again. This is like the fifth time this has happened, I guess the lightning induces a high voltage spike in the line. I try to tell the ATT people I need an arrestor or surge suppressor or something on the network interface but it doesn’t sink in. So they send me a new modem every couple of years. --FT Sent from iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Taildraggers
One of my buddies was an AF pilot (then flew USAir for many years) who delivered some of the last AF DC-3s to South American countries for their AFs. Brazil maybe? I‘ll have to ask him. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 19, 2020, at 10:13 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > wrote: > > During WWII the 240D was definitely the DC-3. Tens of thousands of them > built, very tough, very reliable for the era. > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT lightning hit
Wow, that must have been *exciting* --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2020, at 12:03 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > wrote: > > My most exciting (and odd) lightning encounter was in a 30 ft. sail boat > returning from the Destin inlet. A storm came up suddenly so we motored > under full power into the wind (under bare poles). The rain was so dense we > could not even see the bow so we steered by compass. The flash and bang were > simultaneous. Folks in the cockpit pointed forward at the very close > lightning strike. Folks in the cabin pointed aft, also at a very close > strike. Either there were two simultaneous lightning bolts or one bolt split > and hit in front and behind us. I remembered the hair on my arms standing up > just before the lightning strike. As the rain abated we saw we had been > blown backwards about 1/4 mile despite using full power. > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
