From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 16:28:27 2007 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 30CB816A41B for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:28:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25DE013C455 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:28:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.35]) by QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GgPw1Y0030lTkoC0A00D00; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:26:36 +0000 Received: from fosgate.dyndns.org ([24.17.77.253]) by OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GgSb1Y00G5TuUQw0800000; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:26:36 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=81ABGVOTAAAA:8 a=_Yh8F6sHbD8WCz7L-UEA:9 a=BqSpEgDNnxUJ7_auyKgNLR9ZWOUA:4 a=0dRpvnS4h04A:10 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fosgate.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A185939828; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:22:38 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at foster.cc Received: from fosgate.dyndns.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sonar.foster.dmz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c80GH8DvB6cC; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:22:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (monk.foster.dmz [192.168.1.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by fosgate.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738E23982B; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:22:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <474850AF.9070001@foster.cc> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:26:23 -0800 From: "Mark D. Foster" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Milosh Djuric References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware FreeBSD to Physical 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: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:28:27 -0000 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 http://mark.foster.cc/