Monthly Archives: October 2009

VirtualBox BSOD p3.sys

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After converting a physical machine to .vmdk via VMWare Converter, I got a BSOD indicating that there was a problem with p3.sys when trying to boot. The Windows XP system was running on a PII 600mHz Dell Optiplex from the year 2000.

To fix, boot in Safe Mode and run the following at a command prompt:

sc config p3 start= disabled

Install Windows XP Guest on Ubuntu 9.04 Host

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Create a Windows XP VirtualBox guest from scratch using a SATA harddrive.

  • Download the Windows XP Intel SATA Drivers and unzip to extract F32.IMA
  • Hit F6 during setup to select the Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M)
sudo -i
VBoxManage createhd --filename /srv/virtualbox/harddisks/CHANGEME.vdi --size 20480 \
    --variant Standard
VBoxManage createvm --name CHANGEME --ostype "WindowsXP" --register \
    --basefolder /srv/virtualbox/machines
VBoxManage modifyvm CHANGEME --memory 1024 \
    --boot1 dvd --boot2 disk --boot3 none --boot4 none \
    --sata on --sataportcount 1 \
    --sataport1 /srv/virtualbox/harddisks/CHANGEME.vdi \
    --dvd /srv/virtualbox/iso/WindowsXP_sp3.iso \
    --floppy /srv/virtualbox/floppy/F32.IMA \
    --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0

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Limiting network file transfer throughput with rsync

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To transfer a large amount of data (200GB) across a 100mbps network without saturating the connection, I used rsync with the –bwlimit=KBps flag.

Transferring from Windows to Ubuntu 9.04, I first mounted the windows share:

sudo mkdir /mnt/winshare
sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //winserver/share /mnt/winshare

Next, run rsync with a specified bwlimit. Optionally, unmount the share

sudo rsync -vrR --delete --delete-excluded --bwlimit=6144 /mnt/winshare/* /destination/
sudo umount /mnt/winshare

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Windows XP Change HTTPS Port Binding

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On Windows XP, to change the HTTPS secure port binding (e.g. to port 444 instead of 443), run the following adsutil script at the command prompt:

C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts>cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/1/securebindings ":444:"

Return:

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

securebindings                  : (LIST) ":444:"

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