VirtualBox enjoys great popularity where it is required to virtualize common operating systems for conventional use-cases at no cost. In comparison with other hypervisors such as VMware Workstation, VirtualBox only offers basic graphics acceleration - which is sufficient for classic desktop applications.

During a …

Recently I needed access to a HP Management Processor (MP) without knowing the appropriate IP address.

A possibility is to utilize a serial connection to the MP - but this is kinda complicated if you don't have any physical system access.

A smarter approach is to find out the IP address using the running operating …

An advantage of using Kerberos along with SSH is that it makes entering passwords obsolete when establishing connections. Unfortunately this is not working out of the box under OS X in the first place:

 1$ kinit cstan@STANKOWIC.LOC
 2cstan@STANKOWIC.LOC's password:
 3
 4$ klist
 5Credentials cache: API:xxx
 6 …

The middle mouse button offers extended functionality in the most software - e.g. it can be used in web browsers to open or close tabs. When using the integrated trackpad of a MacBook or the Apple Magic Mouse this will not work due to missing mouse buttons.

To enable this functionality under OS X there is a free …

New HP Smart Array controllers built into a  HP Integrity machine are basically unconfigured. When running the EFI Shell, you will probably see the following message:

1HP Smart Array P800 Controller     (version 7.22)  0 Logical Drives
21785-Drive Array Not Configured
3     Run Smart Array Configuration Utility
4...
5 …

Attentive readers of my blog or Twitter feed might have seen that I'm also spending my time on OS X relevant topics for two months. The reason for this is that I switched the operating system of my notebook from Microsoft Windows to Mac OS X.

Why?

To be honest there was no crucial reason for switching. Since my …

The Apple App Store is not the only way to installation additional applications under OS X - another way is to install .pkg files (which have been created by the Apple Installer Framework).

Unfortunately not all applications installed using these files are present in the "Programs" category inside Finder. …

I'm not administrating Solaris systems very often - it is even more rare that I need to mount optical media on Solaris. This is just a short reminder so that I don't need to use a search engine everytime.

First of all the CD / DVD drive is determined by the iostat command. Afterwards the drive is mounted using the …

Files can be easily transfered from an Android device to Windows computer using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Unfortunately this protocol is not supported in Finder which means that you need to connect your smartphone as hard drive - if this function is supported.

My Android 4.4.x ROM isn't supporting this function …