Hak5

Hosted by Darren Kitchen and Shannon Morse. New episodes Tuesdays.

Put together by a band of IT ninjas, security professionals and hardcore gamers, Hak5 isn't your typical tech show. We take on hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Then we wrap it all up with a... Read More

Grub2 and VM-fu

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 – running time 25:28

<p>Managing ESX(i) with a cross platform adobe air application. Matt reviews BlueBear's Kodiak. Want to boot ISO files directly from USB? Darren explores the options with GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2, plus tweaks for Persistent installations, nested menus, notes and more.

GRUB 2

Darren Kitchen discusses the evolution of his favorite boot loader, Grub, and points out USB installation options and Grub2's loopback option. He also discusses persistent changes, nested menus, and notes.

Darren also checks out LiveUSB, a tool that promises to automate the process of building a USB Multi Boot tool. Note: The site and application are all in French.

More information on the USB Multipass can be found on the dedicated forum.

05:46 | Play

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14:58 | Play

Kodiak

Matt Lestock reviews BlueBear's Adobe Air-based application for managing mixed virtualization environments. Kodiak currently supports VMware ESX servers with Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V compatibility coming soon. This cross platform management application is pretty slick!

16:32 | Play

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About the Show

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Show Title:
Hak5
Description:
Hak5 isn't your typical tech show. It's hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it's time to Trust your Technolust.
Categories:
How-To & DIY, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Sep 7, 2008
Episodes:
Credits