On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM, James Seward <james...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, DAve <dave.l...@pixelhammer.com> wrote: > > While I have not tried it, it claims it can make a vmdk from a physical > > server. I have used it to move virtualized FreeBSD installs from one > vmware > > server to another. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/overview.html > > I can't remember why I didn't use this when I last did P2V on a > FreeBSD box, but I ended up just creating a VM with a new vmdk of the > correct size and then using dd over nc to copy the disk from the > physical machine, which worked fine too. An important gotcha is if the > host is IDE but you create your VM with SCSI disks (e.g. for ESX) and > the disk devices change name :) Hi JMS, Could you kindly share the steps you followed? It looks like that's what I have to do, as this app is commercial and I don't have that money now:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." - Natalie Wood _______________________________________________ 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"