virtual-machine

Internet Explorer only browser not to connect to site on local network

I am using VMWare Fusion on my mac to test sites on a windows XP virtual machine (ie6). My mac has the Static IP 192.168.0.220 and the site is being hosted via django, using port 8000. Using both Bridged and NAT mode I can successfully access this site using either Chrome or Firefox (installed on the windows virtual machine) through ht...

VirtualBox networking question

I'm running a dev server on a VirtualBox installation running Windows Server 2003. I'd like to access the virtual machine from my host machine's browser (i.e http://virtualhost/) - anyone know how I can set this up? ...

Is it possible to virtualize multiple sessions of OS using one image?

I've been digging in virtual machines and virtualization in general, so my question is: Say I have Windows XP image that has multiple users, can I run multiple sessions simultaneously through virtual machines or any other way? I don't know where to start looking, any help is appreciated. Regards. ...

Is there a system that I can use to update my projects on my VPS?

Hey guys, So I recently got a VPS, just so I can start gaining experience. But I'm looking for a service/program where I can code on my PC, then when I'm done, I run a script or do a command or something to have it updated to my VPS. I thought I was looking for Git, but apparently git does not do what I'm looking for. Any suggestions? ...

How does PHP know what type of variables it uses (or does it)?

I haven't done much programing in many languages, but I know in C(++), you have to declare a variable type (int,char,etc). In PHP you, of course, don't have to do that. You can start with $str = "something"; then later $str = array("something" => "smells"); and she is happy. How does PHP compile? How does it know what the variable typ...

SSHing across VM's on Windows XP

I have 2 VM's, A and B, running Red Hat EL 4.5, on a host machine running Windows XP. A's ip is 192.168.1.100 B's ip is 172.16.1.100 I have setup 2 virtual networks on Microsoft Loopback Adapter 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 172.16.1.1 with subnet mask 255.255.0.0 I am trying to SSH from A to B: user@B ~ # ssh 172.16....

Sandbox Virtual Machine for an Application (concept)

I'd like to write a sandbox virtual machine for executing a compiled program. My goal is to isolate that program from the rest of operating system and control its execution so that it can't do anything harmful to a host computer. I assume that: executed program is compiled to Portable Executable format and it's in machine code, not i...

Sandbox Virtual Machine for an Application (C++ vs. C#)

I'd like to write a sandbox virtual machine for executing a compiled program. How do you think: which of these two languages would be better to use if we consider performance? Or maybe you suggest another one? ...

Importing a VHD into Parallels Desktop 6 on the Mac

I've looked everywhere for this but can't find an answer, so: I have a VHD image created for me by a client -- he installed Win7 on a machine and then used a tool from SysInternals to create a VHD which he shared with me and a colleague. I can mount the VHD on my Mac using Parallels Mounter and see the contents, but I can't for the l...