Now punch in below commands to install the VMware tools (accept all defaults): In normal circumstance you will now already see the ‘install tools’ prompt at the bottom of your virtual machine:Ĭlick on ‘Install Tools’, this will insert the VMware tools installation cd in your virtual CDROM drive. To make the integration with VMware Workstation working, we will need to install the VMware tools in our FreeBSD machine.īefore we can start installing these tools, we first need to install the dependencies for it.Ĭhange to the source folder of perl on the system (yes go to version 5.20, it’s the default for that installation)Ĭompile and install this version of Perl (accept all defaults):Ĭhange to the source folder of compat 6x on the system:Ĭompile and install this version of compat6x: Select no for final modifications and reboot.Īfter rebooting, log in to your FreeBSD installation console with root and the password set by you. In normal circumstances you don’t mess around in your root account :-), but since this is only a test machine …. Select your network interface to configure įor this tutorial we will not install IPv6Ĭhoose the services that u want to have started at boot, for our fiddling machine, we will start everything …įor this installation we will not be setting up any users, but remember that it is a good practice to do so. Use your entire disk for the FreeBSD installation:Īfter partitioning, your system will start installing:Īfter install, set your FreeBSD installation’s root password: Since were experimenting, we’ll choose to install everything there is to install:īecause it’s our first FreeBSD installation 😛 or just out of plain lazyness, we will use the Guided Disk Setup: Select the keyboard layout of your choice: Really like the avatar they have chosen for this btw. You should be presented with the boot-loader of the FreeBSD OS, just wait for the autoboot to kick in. Attach your FreeBSD ISO to this Virtual Machine and start it (you should already had unzipped that ISO by now).At this point you can customize your network config to switch to bridge instead of nat mode if you want.Store virtual disk as single file (20 Gb will do).
Give your machine a Name and a Location.I will install the operating system later.Set up a new machine for our FreeBSD installation in VMware Workstation:
If you ever come across a scenario where you are in need of a FreeBSD machine to tinker a bit with, look no further but come and join me in my quick tutorial to set one up on the fly.īefore we can begin with this tutorial it’s assumed you already have Vmware workstation installed and the FreeBSD ISO installation file downloaded and ready.įor the sake of reference, here’s where you can download this software:
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