VMware FreeBSD to Physical
Hi, I've got a VMWare guest running FreeBSD 6.2 which I'd like to move to a physical machine. I've tried ghosting it, but when it gets to the Default: F5 Disk0 screen (sorry, I don't know the appropriate name for it), it refuses to go any further. Can anything be done to fix this? Or is there a better way of doing the whole procedure? If it matters, I'm attempting to move it to an old IBM NetVista A21 (Celeron 1.3/256MB). Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware FreeBSD to Physical
Milosh Djuric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've got a VMWare guest running FreeBSD 6.2 which I'd like to move to a physical machine. I've tried ghosting it, but when it gets to the Default: F5 Disk0 screen (sorry, I don't know the appropriate name for it), it refuses to go any further. Can anything be done to fix this? Or is there a better way of doing the whole procedure? VMWare has a tool specifically for doing this. Don't remember what it's called, but I expect it will give you the best results. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware FreeBSD to Physical
Milosh Djuric wrote: Hi, I've got a VMWare guest running FreeBSD 6.2 which I'd like to move to a physical machine. I've tried ghosting it, but when it gets to the Default: F5 Disk0 screen (sorry, I don't know the appropriate name for it), it refuses to go any further. Can anything be done to fix this? Or is there a better way of doing the whole procedure? See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-trouble.html#Q2.11.3.3. Were I in your shoes I would make sure to run (revert to?) a GENERIC kernel in the VM then use g4u to image the entire drive(s). But this will only work if the destination drive is larger than the source. There are many things that can go wrong in this sort of procedure and you should plan to be cunning and persistent or fail in your attempts. It may be that you are using the wrong approach also, because rsync can be a wonderful alternative for these types of scenarios as can knoppix + dd + netcat. -- Said one park ranger, 'There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.' Mark D. Foster, CISSP [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mark.foster.cc/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware FreeBSD to Physical
Milosh Djuric wrote: Hi, The rsync method sounds interesting. Could you give me a quick summary of what I'd need to do? Please don't top post. You can see what I mean about using rsync in this way at http://mark.foster.cc/wiki/index.php/Xen_Clone -- Said one park ranger, 'There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.' Mark D. Foster, CISSP [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mark.foster.cc/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
