From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 16:51:12 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 E9FE31065670 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesoff@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC8A8FC16 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesoff@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so678809ywe.13 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:51:12 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hUQqNf+PPE3JPjqnk/mmD3oVdMeDZ64B72u5/6o9qls=; b=yBdhQoms5kbbB86b+47goypVJ9rkXmBo8zasEi8V1ZTXR78xflQtjv48+3mDGbvNxF P1cwiSNTgn/7ik+IrW7imh53KThy8DtQ/hy+wthzPbdCRgfKO3PjEeyGYKAO3AC75YXt 6MevueLpmZNlBvG21MwmV9rq1zQ0CdGz7Px3Y= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=brnziHfksvPUm6bd8Uyksz2BbcAXUmTsP3Q1jedm1M9zwSVLcd/nKr0bLT698wcRqK KN1akqWwEQgCEztkR/NZ78IUP3e36mDLRDZFcFwouSuLxoBsJT4nXAPXgABgNFICyu1w bR1dXLNUJyr6fdlw7Av8h572DIpz4W/obGBvc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.210.3 with SMTP id i3mr1244528qbg.30.1232124183114; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:43:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <991123400901160833x7fb73304q3450f72d02089642@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> <720051dc0901160828s6af95010o730c97cdfb9b84fe@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160833x7fb73304q3450f72d02089642@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:43:02 +0000 Message-ID: <720051dc0901160843l73508003l24bdb4438136d08e@mail.gmail.com> From: James Seward To: Odhiambo Washington Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: DAve , 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 16:51:13 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Could you kindly share the steps you followed? It looks like that's what I > have to do, as this app is commercial and I don't have that money now:-) Here's a page that describes the process: http://digiassn.blogspot.com/2006/01/dd-over-netcat-for-cheap-ghost.html The only change I'd suggest to that is adding something like bs=1M to the dd command on the source to speed up reading a bit. You can also achieve this with dump instead of dd if you want to change the disk size, for example. When I did it I believe I booted both sides off a FreeSBIE disc/ISO since it offers a nicer environment than e.g. the recovery console. The LiveCD option in sysinstall may also be a good way to go. /JMS