17 Nov

P2V a FreeBSD 6.x to ESX

Posted by admin in Virtualization | Tags :, , |

1. Convert the VM using the coldclone-cd (comes with Converter Enterprise)
2. Boot a Freesbie CD on the ESX-VM
3. Mount da0s1a by doing the following (as root)
4. mkdir /home/mnt
5. mount -t ufs /dev/da0s1a /home/mnt
6. ee /home/mnt/etc/fstab
7. change ad0xxx in all lines to da0xxx
8. save and reboot

Here is a few tips for running freebsd on ESX: http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/vmware.html

Remember FreeBSD +4.11 i NOT supported by Vmware.