Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:48:39 +1000 From: Ekrem <ekrem@ozemail.com.au> To: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD in Windows..... Message-ID: <1064641718.71675.6.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3F74DEB6.4090801@gmx.de> References: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF910FB88BB@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net> <3F74DEB6.4090801@gmx.de>
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On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 10:49, Siegbert Baude wrote: > >>What about installing vmware (on XP), then install FreeBSD in vmware, > >>and mounting it that way? Maybe a lot of trouble, but at least he'd be > >>able to get at the data. > > > If my understanding of vmware is correct that shouldn't work, couldn't work. > > Vmware is just an x86 emulator which sits on top of windows, the OS working > > in VMware should be unaware that it is running in an emulator and shouldn't > > have direct access to any of the host computer's resources. If the host system > > is unable to mount a file system then the operating system in vmware should > > also be unable to mount it. First because it is unaware that it exists and > > second because vmware uses the host system's resources and anything which is > > inaccessible to the host system would also be inaccessible to the emulated > > system. > > It is possible, as VMWare allows the guest systems direct access to the > disks. I did complete buildworlds within VMWare on the same file system > I use, when I boot FBSD directly. > There is also generic SCSI-Support which allows access to SCSI-devices > for the guest system. > > Ciao > Siegbert > > _______________________________________________ I was also successful with something similar to this. I used a trial version of vmware for win nt some years ago, and I was able to boot and use FreeBSD from a 2nd hard disk. I had originally installed that particular FreeBSD as standalone on a spare PC using its standard UFS filesystem. Ekrem
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