Month: March 2010
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Linux guest hangs at “starting udev” (VMware vSphere)
Having recently upgraded the Virtual Infrastructure at work to vSphere, I have encountered many scenarios with CentOS 5.3 guests not booting or taking a long time to boot. The last message on the console typically indicates that it’s hanging while starting udev. The fix for this issue is to ensure proper time keeping practices have […]
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Expanding an ext3 filesystem online
One common scenario that I face in my daily work is to add disk to various filesystems. Setting up systems correctly so that this is possible will save time and frustration. One of the easiest cases is adding disk to a virtual machine when the guest is using LVM and ext3. As always, please be […]