Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:10:24 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing into VMWare Workstation 6.5 Message-ID: <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:40 PM, James Seward <jamesoff@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> For those who are running FreeBSD inside VMWare, I have a FreeBSD-7.1 on >> a >>> hard disk. I also run VMware Wkstn 6.5 running on a Windows XP PC. >>> Is there an easy way to import from the hard disk to a guest OS? Suppose >> I >>> have the hard disk connected to the XP box? >> If you're happy to leave FreeBSD on its own disk (rather than >> importing into a .vmdk), simply create a new VM and tell VMware to >> "Use a physical disk" in the "Select a Disk" part of the >> configuration. Point it at the required drive and away you go. I have >> used this before to allow me to both boot my PC to FreeBSD, and to >> Windows with FreeBSD still available. > > > The thing is, I want to give the whole setup from that disk to a friend to > run as a server, and he's bent on running it under virtualization. I offered > to clone this to a disk for him but he says he wants me to help him run it > under VMWare as a guest OS. > > Is it possible to make a DVD out of an already running server, which can be > used to install it anywhere you feel like? > > If I cannot do any of the two above, then I have to install everything > afresh for him as a guest on his virtualization platform and that is > time-consuming! > > > 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 -- The whole internet thing is sucking the life out of me, there ain't no pony in there.
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