Virtualize.dk » ESX http://www.virtualize.dk Scripts, tips and hints for your VI environment Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:24:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 P2V a FreeBSD 6.x to ESX http://www.virtualize.dk/2008/11/p2v-a-freebsd-6x-to-esx/ http://www.virtualize.dk/2008/11/p2v-a-freebsd-6x-to-esx/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:18:37 +0000 admin http://www.virtualize.dk/?p=38 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.

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