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Autofs on Mac OS X

With autofs you can easily mount network volumes upon first access to the folder where you want to mount the volume. Autofs is available for many OS and is preinstalled on Mac OS X so I show you how I mounted my iTunes library folder using this method.

Prepare autofs to use a separate configuration file

autofs needs to be configured so that it knows where to gets its configuration. Edit the file /etc/auto_master and add the last line:

#
# Automounter master map
#

+auto_master # Use directory service

Vim cheat sheet

Starting Vim

vim [file1] [file2] ...

Install rEFIt: http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/c1s1_install.html
Create a new FAT/DOS partition for the linux install (dual boot setup)
Download the linux ISO, in this case: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/
Convert the iso to a bootable img format:

cd ~/Downloads hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.img ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso
Partition your USB stick as 'Free space' using Disk Uility
Find the name of your USB 'disk' with diskutil:

	// Usage:
	// Copy and paste all of this into a debug console window of the "Who is Hiring?" comment thread
	// then use as follows:
	//
	// query(term \| [term, term, ...], term \| [term, term, ...], ...)
	//
	// When arguments are in an array then that means an "or" and when they are seperate that means "and"
	//
	// Term is of the format:
	// ((-)text/RegExp) ( '-' means negation )

	var lm = {
	buildDefaultAccumulator: function() {
	return new lm.Accumulator(0);
	},
	version: '0.1'
	};

	lm.Accumulator = function(initial) {
	this.value = initial;

	/*******************************************************************************
	*
	* A minimal Forth compiler in C
	* By Leif Bruder <[email protected]> http://defineanswer42.wordpress.com
	* Release 2014-04-04
	*
	* Based on Richard W.M. Jones' excellent Jonesforth sources/tutorial
	*
	* PUBLIC DOMAIN
	*

	qemu-img convert -O vdi gnome.qcow2 gnome.vdi


	#if its a raw image then:
	VBoxManage convertdd opnstk.raw VBox.vdi --format VDI