From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 15:46:49 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 9916B1065672 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:46:49 +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 11F638FC14 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:46:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so5777548bwz.19 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:46:48 -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=sVJ4p7UM59J4WMsFprfN8NqbSaDbOCBj0rExr+Iu5FQ=; b=bo+jvTZA/cibi5hKyiG3wWwb3tu5SnZnsDB0Lzquw8uW7fpe/WEjiW/0FW00aUK6RL Uom5Zq68PrNvkIfIHgzQPNk6ufqBDP2YFM/DcByOZwdMMZmarK2iljZAFRrf9nOisHPj DGWn6IcBqpt1bRKlM8PAzUyI6ADqMKqYS4O0g= 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=KaJfwwAuL9vBi5u4TOXxKPNHgi43ZcB2vsr4oocQz2usRr2wBJigT08cFt/q2/xXGX MrqqkfgMlll9DIExFKu3cm9HJzpeYZucLv/JNYpU2JY52pba4GeAgxnjNn03ktLfZB0y 4LpcYo8LjisaekVBBRJLt8IhLS01GcUBMYwmI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.218.14 with SMTP id v14mr888643bkq.48.1232120807992; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:46:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:46:47 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@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: 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 15:46:50 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:40 PM, James Seward wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Odhiambo Washington > 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! -- 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