Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:28:04 +1030 From: "Milosh Djuric" <merithium@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware FreeBSD to Physical Message-ID: <op.t2bui2r1f3qxwb@mango> In-Reply-To: <474850AF.9070001@foster.cc> References: <op.t2auhhwhf3qxwb@mango> <474850AF.9070001@foster.cc>
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Hi, The rsync method sounds interesting. Could you give me a quick summary of what I'd need to do? Thanks. On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:56:23 +1030, Mark D. Foster <mark@foster.cc> wrote: > 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. >
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