Problem to add disk partition (physical) in Vmware FreeNAS guest

[14Chris]

Hello,

I have a problem with my Freenas virtual machine (Vmware workstation 14 on Linux).
When I want to add a physical partition to my Freenas vm, I have the entire disk instead of one partition.
Someone had the same problem ?

Chris

 

[sretalla]

physical partition

I think this may be your problem... a partition is logical, not physical... disks are physical.

If you're just using it for testing, it may be OK to create a virtual disk in VMware and add it to the VM, but if this is a serious use of FreeNAS, use caution as not passing through at the (entire) controller level is dangerous.

 

[14Chris]

The problem is that if it's for exampl a vm with linux as guest it will work if I choose to add a host partition as a hard drive for the vm. With Freenas this deosn't work correctly ...

 

[kdragon75]

What is your intended use of the FreeNAS VM?

 

[14Chris]

I want to use it for access file over smb, ssh and to backup all my datas

 

[kdragon75]

I want to use it for access file over smb, ssh and to backup all my datas

I cannot help you as this will almost certainly end badly for you and your data.

 

[14Chris]

Okay thanks for your answer, I will find an other solution