03-16-2011
You can use dd and/or udpcast to replicate images into storage or across a network... There's also udpcast boot CD's available that can replicate one server across a network to a large number of receivers simultaneously.
Last edited by Corona688; 03-16-2011 at 02:25 AM..
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vmware
VMWARE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual VMWARE(4)
NAME
vmware - VMware SVGA video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "vmware"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
vmware is an XFree86 driver for VMware virtual video cards.
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
The driver auto-detects the version of any virtual VMware SVGA adapter.
The following driver Options are supported:
Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: off.
Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
SEE ALSO
XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7)
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