Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 07:45:32 -0500 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 on VMWare in a corporate network; How? Message-ID: <CAHzLAVEW7b43wJw8Nbz=Di8Sz=hJbdYtnfQpFfhNejJ-0SjEHA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF-3MvPCUDjv4tGeFBf1DkRC6gr2QGsMUT_uH6Q0UU9mo9tv_g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF-3MvPCUDjv4tGeFBf1DkRC6gr2QGsMUT_uH6Q0UU9mo9tv_g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > For an experiment @work I figured I'd install FreeBSD 10 x64 in a > VMWare virtual machine that was made available to me, but I'm kind of > stuck installing ports or packages... > > The thing is, the vmware tools provided with this version of VMWare > (VMware=AE Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776) are packaged with a Perl > script and there it looks like there is no Perl in FreeBSD 10. > > We're behind an NT/LM authenticated proxy, which I haven't managed to > get past yet from the FreeBSD installation in the VM, so downloading > distfiles (Perl, for example) isn't currently possible. > > I created a shared folder in VMWare to store distfiles on, but > apparently I need VMWare tools installed to access such a folder, > which brings me back to the Perl problem. > > It appears that I need samba & squid to have NT/LM authentication to > get through the proxy so that I can download ports & packages, but to > obtain packages for those I need to be able to get through the proxy > first. > > How do I solve this conundrum? > You may consider obtaining the DVD ISO to upload to your ESX store; Attach it to the VM's cdrom device and boot to it which starts the installation. Everything you need to build the OS is on the DVD. --=20 Take care Rick Miller
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