Using VMWare® Workstation,
-
Choose
Custom
. - Click Next .
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Hardware compatibility is
Workstation 8.0
. - Click Next .
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Choose
I will install the operating system later
in order to avoid theEasy Install
option. - Click Next .
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Guest operating system is
Other
. -
Version is
FreeBSD
. - Click Next .
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Virtual machine name is
FreeNAS
. - Click Next .
- Leave the number of processors at 1 with 1 core per processor.
- Click Next .
- Change the memory to 1024MB.
- Click Next .
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Change
Network connection
toUse bridged networking
because the VM image needs its own IP address. - Click Next .
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Leave
I/O controller types
as they are. - Click Next .
- Create a new virtual disk.
- Click Next .
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Leave
Virtual disk type
as is. - Click Next .
- Maximum disk size is 8.0GB.
- Allocate all disk space now.
- Store virtual disk as a single file.
- Click Next .
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The name of the
Disk File
isFREENAS_root.vmdk
. - Click Next .
- Click Customize Hardware… .
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Add one (1)
Network Adapter
that use aHost-only
network connection. This is for the private networks for the NAS access from clients. -
Go back to
Ready to Create Virtual Machine
. - Click Finish .
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Update settings to add one (1) SCSI Disk Drive of 20GB. The name of the
Disk File
isFeeNAS_PENRITH.vmdk
.