installation

While trying to install Windows 7 on one of my old SATA disk I stumbled upon this dynamic disk problem.
It means, that you cannot install Windows on a dynamic disk type. Apparently I've created a dynamic SATA disk type somehow...
To change it to basic. Boot up the Windows 7 cd and go to the part where it finds your harddisk but fails to install or delete.
From here, call up the command prompt and call up the DISKPART tool.

Type:
- diskpart

At the DISKPART prompt, type:
- list disk

I like working with Zend Studio, although version 8 kinda sucks. Especially when it comes to remote folders.
Anyway, there's still lots of stuff left before my VMware has everything it needs.
Setting up a Samba share was easier than I expected.

sudo apt-get install samba
sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
(if your background in vim is too dark type this: set background=dark)

I like to work with phpMyAdmin. But the only web server I ran phpMyAdmin under was Apache.
Since I only have LiteSpeed running, I wanted to make phpMyAdmin run under this web server too.
First I grabbed the latest copy of phpMyAdmin, wich was a release of 2 days ago. What a coincidence.

Previously I've had the LiteSpeed web server installed. So it's time for me to add MySQL and later on CouchDB.
First we install the server and client package with:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

During the installation you'll get a prompt to fill in a password for the mysql root user. Just enter a password or not. It's up to you.
In the old days, you had to create a password for the root user yourself after the installation.

MySQL will start after the installation is finished.
You can check this with

So what the heck is LiteSpeed?
I asked that question myself, when I was looking for an apache alternative.
After hunting down hundreds of websites, comparing lighttpd with apache and nginx, I came across the web server called LiteSpeed.
Sounds interesting huh?
Well guess what, it is!

Demo's and features
- Live demo's
- Standard vs Enterprise version

In my previous post, I had the Ubuntu server up and running under VMware with the network adapter set to bridge mode.
So the next thing I need is to get Putty up and running.
I'm not a linux geek, but I do work a lot with ubuntu and red hat as a full-time webdeveloper. I knew I needed to install some kind of service to get shell access so I can connect to the Ubuntu server with my little friend mister Putty.

It was the first time I've ever run VMware workstation (v.7.1.4) on my windows 7 (Ultimate 64bit) machine.
First, grab the latest copy of Ubuntu server (32bit). Even though you have a 64bit system, the VMware only runs at 32bit.

Fire up VMware and create a "New Virtual Machine"