Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:53:01 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: apatewna@hol.gr Cc: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com>, yahoo@pcbsd.homeunix.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtualization of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070618115301.7c9889a3@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4669B25E.9060204@pcbsd.homeunix.com> References: <46674717.6020105@calarts.edu> <26ddd1750706061711t660afba9h737735b9e1805c65@mail.gmail.com> <91A69DD3-FDFD-4D66-A2DA-642DEA450FD7@techally.com> <26ddd1750706061818m4eb25c5ama1c1a91243d7754c@mail.gmail.com> <20070608003637.4595b961@localhost> <4669B25E.9060204@pcbsd.homeunix.com>
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On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:47:42 +0300
Thanos Rizoulis <yahoo@pcbsd.homeunix.com> wrote:
> One serious tip about Vmware, is that when selecting disks, you can
> select a *physical* disk instead of a virtual and proceed with
> installation on that physical disk. Or you can keep a freebsd server
> installed on a virtual disk, then connect a physical disk on the same VM
> and dump/restore as you please. It has been tested with over 7GB OS
> installs and works like a charm.
cool, i knew about using the physical disk option, but hadn't used it for restore/dump :)
thx
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