Jamie's Blog

• Sir Ken Robinson discusses the diversity of human talent and the need for a revolution in learning http://bit.ly/irNqnO #

I spent the last hour trying to setup an IIS7 website running from a VMware Fusion shared folder. Specs:

• VMware Fusion 3.1.2
• MacBook Pro OSX 10.6 Host
• Win7 Guest
• IIS 7.0 something

I want to edit the website from OSX, so I added the directory as a shared folder. I tried various things to get IIS to recognize the directory including using symlinks and mapping the drive. I read an article that mentioned using the UNC directly, so I tried that and things seemed to work until I loaded the site and got a 500.19 error, “The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.”

I tried some different tactics involving changing permissions and messing with the identities that the app pool and website run under, with no luck.

Frustrated, I finally tried some more targeted searching about my particular scenario and came upon two more articles on the VMware forums. These recent posts seem to suggest that it’s not possible to do what I want in the way I want right now.

It seems I’m left with two options:

• Edit files in the guest OS
• Setup some synchronization between the guest and host directories

• OH: tour guide tells guests about interlibrary loan. Cool story sis. #

• I'm #reading The Art of Agile Development by James Shore http://goodreads.com/review/show/162849567 #
• 3 of 5 stars to Pair Programming Illuminated by Laurie Williams http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/162855874 #

• 3 of 5 stars to Even Faster Web Sites by Steve Souders http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/159773426 #
• @renehasp a new version of citethis has been released with compatibility with Firefox 4. Please let me know if you find any issues. #

• 5 of 5 stars to The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernandez http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/157441784 #
• 3 of 5 stars to High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/159773040 #

• 3 of 5 stars to The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/153783612 #

• Millennials in the Workplace "I'm special!" #kwhs http://t.co/Ouh3DBH via @whartonhs #
• Play tetris with your friends in real time. http://t.co/fHWSzPB via @blockbattlenet #
• http://dropdo.com/ File uploading site, no download needed. Browser preview where available. #
• Open tools for data: http://www.datasciencetoolkit.org/ #
• I subscribed to mathboysmom's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/mathboysmom?feature=autoshare #
• 4 of 5 stars to Rails AntiPatterns by Chad Pytel http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/156945833 #

• Fez looks like a supremely charming platformer http://vimeo.com/21082507 #
• I subscribed to itmeJP's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/itmeJP?feature=autoshare #
• Zediva Streams New Releases Through Copyright Loophole: Streams from actual DVDs http://bit.ly/i9kL6b #
• JavaScript Trie Performance Analysis http://bit.ly/ePmQIn #
• Donate $5 to Red Cross Relief Efforts and LivingSocial will match your donation!: http://bit.ly/fYcwQo via @addthis #
• @bflad: you need to fill your soul with joy #
• I liked a YouTube video — NAVI — Navigational Aids for the Visually Impaired http://youtu.be/l6QY-eb6NoQ?a #
• I liked a YouTube video — Toad's Tool 64 New Preview '07 (Super Mario 64 level editor) http://youtu.be/7uCLaxTlD3w?a #
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