From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 16:33:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E241065720 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC87A8FC16 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so5859502bwz.19 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:33:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=xpLDNQ7pnfYNeMrcMqHFbRAdAQpQSQl4EWH+nUM1nAI=; b=nKMzW9cb1qPEDNtMht0tVDNY5E0qt4kUa1EWouhCvHTnsWDr82hsboiQ7cyTTfXCGe D8JTvphGOOthQmBaJbYTU+Qnwz08OG7TRg4dmlx7jF732hgSfBacqFT+o5qfX5RrWa8m uz+6EjOdw/expf/e7yuhfP6MvUDsE8dHYBPas= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=jR9noZd09daoD3uFAG+nZp3sQFbNN4d5qQ3i3bo5IKa4chJBNIZ5w5nq0cKrQh2a6F S+4Bq2BveFxprXJ/NNdCD6EOPDxKqhp88diAhYF41e6Tp+BeXS6nQQ3NP8g6Gh0VCcJV Hpl0tOC+CrCOJALpixuSOqN/27MPup9Tbu7kY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.111.134 with SMTP id s6mr890022fap.60.1232123623342; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:33:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <720051dc0901160828s6af95010o730c97cdfb9b84fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> <720051dc0901160828s6af95010o730c97cdfb9b84fe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:33:43 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400901160833x7fb73304q3450f72d02089642@mail.gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington To: James Seward Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: DAve , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing into VMWare Workstation 6.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:33:47 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM, James Seward wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, DAve wrote: > > While I have not tried it, it claims it can make a vmdk from a physical > > server. I have used it to move virtualized FreeBSD installs from one > vmware > > server to another. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/overview.html > > I can't remember why I didn't use this when I last did P2V on a > FreeBSD box, but I ended up just creating a VM with a new vmdk of the > correct size and then using dd over nc to copy the disk from the > physical machine, which worked fine too. An important gotcha is if the > host is IDE but you create your VM with SCSI disks (e.g. for ESX) and > the disk devices change name :) Hi JMS, Could you kindly share the steps you followed? It looks like that's what I have to do, as this app is commercial and I don't have that money now:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." - Natalie Wood