Mike

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Have a BS in computer science from SIUE

Worked @ Motorola for 6 years as an embedded systems software engineer

Currently reside in OH working for Emerson as a software engineer

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Feb 22	comment	How can I use Oracle's virtualbox listpartitions command on Windows 7 @gronostaj - Just tried it, same error. I ran the command on `-rawdisk E:` which came back as `VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND` meaning it was succesfully unmounted, then I ran the command with `-rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive1` again and it was the COM server not running as above
Feb 22	comment	How can I use Oracle's virtualbox listpartitions command on Windows 7 @heavyd - Yeah, I've been using the GUI and a number of it's mapping fetchers with no issues for months now, I just decided that I wanted to use the command line tool to check the partitions and once I ran that as Admin I started seeing this error. The GUI still works.
Feb 22	comment	How can I use Oracle's virtualbox listpartitions command on Windows 7 @gronostaj - Yes, opening the command prompt as an admin fixed the other window opening issue, but that was really just a side effect. The overall problem of the command not working remains.
Jan 14	comment	why can't I umount /home? directly logged in as root. no FTP is running on the machine. Just issuing `lsof` prints a ton of crap, I suspect the problem is tied to the fact there are a number of logging mechanisms running (see my output of `fuser` in the question). But again... to kill them?
Jan 14	comment	why can't I umount /home? Yes, I am logged in as root, there is no one else on the system. If you can suggest how to use a "live distro" with Virtualbox I could give that a try.
Jan 14	comment	why can't I umount /home? Since it's running in a virtual box, the CD becomes problematic. `You might also be able to do this if you log in as root. That way the /home partition is not needed.` I am logged in as root, which it was my intent to avoid problem this way, I'm trying to figure out why that doesn't work.
Jan 9	comment	What does the output of fdisk mean? @terdon - FTL (Flash translation layer) the stuff that does the whare leveling and whatnot
Dec 5	comment	diff and patch tool I think you're right, I was not aware of the `-u` option for `diff`, that does make the formatting the same. How would I update that line to avoid certain files? For example any `*.o` files that are in the directories.
Dec 4	comment	Calculating dual core performance (GF/s) Gottcha, I was thinking that too, but I wasn't sure if that was oversimplifying it... considering extra IPC requirements between cores or shared resources or anything
Nov 14	comment	How does the OS generate a random socket port? It's a good question, but its a broad topic, and not c++ related in its current form. You might get abetter answer on superuser.
Nov 1	comment	mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' @nerdwaller - NM that last comment. It is fully functional now. Thanks for your help!
Nov 1	comment	mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' +1 for the "Guest Additions". For some reason <HOST>+D didn't work, nor did the devices menu ever show. (I'll post an "answer" on how I got it working) but my mount still fails, for a different reason. :(
Nov 1	comment	mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' @nerdwaller - the devices menu never showed for me, but I was able to load the Guest Additions via the VirtualBox Manager (loaded the CD .iso image) to the "storage" device. So that's in there and now `unknown filesystem type` is gone, but I'm getting `protocol error` instead. Any ideas on that?
Oct 31	comment	mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' Thanks for the detailed information, but can you tell me where you're getting the "Devices" menu from? If I understood you correctly it should have been in my Guest's "window". I launched the guest and took a screen shot of what I was seeing (see edit). I'm not finding a "Devices" tab. Are you running a different version?
Oct 30	comment	mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' @nerdwaller - no, how do I do that?
Oct 26	comment	What is non-executable flash memory? So what makes flash "executable" then? The speed? The type of bus that it's accessed by? Or am I over simplifying this and the answer is "it depends"?
Oct 26	comment	What is non-executable flash memory? @Bob - embedded system, edited the post with this point.
Oct 24	comment	How can I capture ethernet traffic on a specific IP address on Windows Yup, that seems to do it. Thanks.
Oct 3	comment	TFTP where did my file go? ...yup, there's a file with the IP address name
Oct 3	comment	TFTP where did my file go? The TFTP server's configuration determines where the file will end up on the client? (So in my case, the Windows config will tell me where it will go on the uCLinux side?)