From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 14:40:17 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 80C3516A419 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:40:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272FB13C4A6 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 14:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.52]) by QMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with smtp id 7qDa1Y00217dt5G0000800; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:16:30 +0000 Received: from fosgate.dyndns.org ([24.17.77.253]) by OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7qGV1Y0035TuUQw0000000; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:16:31 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=ZR7Ko6psoj8A:15 a=1EcHIz18t7c1Zh8iyhEYvA==:17 a=81ABGVOTAAAA:8 a=E_foNviYrhU95hF6zLAA:9 a=6Udg-agBCipkZd6DWagfem-6cYQA:4 a=TmLYuLy49JwA:10 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fosgate.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D113982B for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:12:59 -0700 (PDT) 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 IudEVBMjv8Yu for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:12:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.253.127] (fis-gw1.portseattle.org [198.134.96.8]) (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 E866139825 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:12:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <472B3134.6000903@foster.cc> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:16:20 -0700 From: Mark Foster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <003e01c81cf2$27ff3840$77fda8c0$@com> In-Reply-To: <003e01c81cf2$27ff3840$77fda8c0$@com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Duplicate existing FreeBSD Server in VM 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, 02 Nov 2007 14:40:17 -0000 Terry Sposato wrote: > What is the best way to go about getting this exact machine transferred to > the VM? Both machines exist on the same network and will be able to talk to > each other, I have been thinking of a couple of different ways to get all my > data across which is the easy part, but I want to match everything that is > installed, base system, ports etc. > > > > Anyone have any ideas or point me into the right direction? > There are a # of ways to skin that cat. Have a look at my Linux P2V page as it describes a process that should work for you. http://mark.foster.cc/wiki/index.php/Linux_P2V -- 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/