Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:23:16 +0530 From: K S Sreeram <sreeram@tachyontech.net> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare plain disk Message-ID: <01052117231608.00615@ks.tachyon.tech> In-Reply-To: <200105211237.aa90748@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200105211237.aa90748@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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It doesnt work.. i created the plain disk using the configuration editor in vmware. I created a 3GB plain disk, and vmware created 2 files (win981.dat and win982.dat), each being 1.5GB. I guest its not working because the partitions in the disk are not at the beginning of the file. KS On Monday 21 May 2001 17:07, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <01052017353303.00615@ks.tachyon.tech>, K S Sreeram writes: > >Hi > > > >Can somebody tell me how to locally mount a vmware plain disk, without > > using vmware? > > You could try using vnconfig: e.g. > > (cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV vn0) > vnconfig -e -s labels /dev/vn0 /path/to/plain/disk > mkdir /vmdisk > mount -t msdos /dev/vn0s1 /vmdisk > > and then when you're finished, use > > umount /vmdisk > vnconfig -u /dev/vn0 > > Ian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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