From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 16:39:08 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 2F141106567A for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from korvus@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D858FC26 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from korvus@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.36]) by QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4DDF1b0050mlR8UA5GP9e2; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:09 +0000 Received: from [192.168.2.164] ([206.210.89.202]) by OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4GNx1b00Z4Mx3R28XGP0YT; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:23:07 +0000 Message-ID: <4970B460.1030903@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:22:56 -0500 From: Steve Polyack User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DAve References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 16:39:08 -0000 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 > > DAve > VMware Converter on supports "source physical machines running 64-bit Windows XP/2003, WinNT SP4+, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003". If you want to convert a FreeBSD machine, it's going to take some additional work. There is probably a simpler way, but one option is to: * Put the disk in a machine running VMWare Server * Create a VM with both access to the physical disk and an appropriately sized virtual disk * Boot a hard drive cloning ISO such as G4U inside the virtual machine * Clone the "physical disk" to the VM's virtual disk * Reconfigure the VM to use only the virtual disk; it should boot just fine * Ship off the contents of the VM folder to your friend. -Steve Polyack