Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:46:49 +0200 From: "Charlie Clark" <charlie@begeistert.org> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Updating virtualisation docs Message-ID: <op.vh7ckbx28ktzbe@fuchsia.local>
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Hi, first of all great that there is such a section. I hit a wall a while back with FreeBSD 7.x on Parallels 4 on MacOS X. I couldn't get it to upgrade successfully to 8. Well, the upgrade went ahead but the network stack wouldn't work. I recently tried a separate 8.1 install and after a number of tries came up with the following settings: 1) FreeBSD 8.x needs bridged networking, ie. a dedicated device. It can be installed on shared networking using the boot-only image but will subsequently fail to load a network device. 2) If installing on a shared network then when selecting an FTP server passive mode must be used. 3) A single slice for "/" seems to make sense on VMs like Parallels which can dynamically resize. I've been so often bitten by "/" filling up when installing ports, etc. that this option could, in my view, do with some greater publicity. If desirable I can supply screenshots of my install. Charlie -- Charlie Clark Helmholtzstr. 20 Düsseldorf D- 40215 Tel: +49-211-938-5360 GSM: +49-178-782-6226help
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