On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum <bg271...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a > FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. > > The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set > up--installing all the right ports, getting the database configuration > right, etc. > > Are there any shortcuts for this, e.g. a way i can automatically install > the same ports on the new "machine"? I didnt see anything in the handbook or > FAQ about this, but id think that people need to do this all the time. Any > other advice for mirroring the system? > > Thanks! > > Jen > Someone once posted a shell script that obtained a list of installed ports from the package database system and fed the results to pkg_create, which would create binary packages. Unfortunately, I can't locate the script. Check out 'man pkg_create'. Hopefully someone will post a more complete answer. Good luck, Andrew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"