Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:24:55 +0000 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: Ryan Kois <ryan.kois@gmail.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org, Claudia Yadathi <yadathi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How to make a FreeBSD vm in virtualbox. Message-ID: <20141231042455.GB53230@hub.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <13C55A7B-4010-40FA-901B-DF8ED6BADD87@freebsd.org> References: <13C55A7B-4010-40FA-901B-DF8ED6BADD87@freebsd.org>
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--gj572EiMnwbLXET9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 07:42:36PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > After he linked it to me, I decided that it would make sense if > this was scripted and would really make sense as part of the release > process. >=20 We already provide VMDK images. There is nothing, that I can see, that is different from how I've been testing the various images. Creating a new VM and attaching the VMDK to the disk controller is the intended workflow. > I've written a script that will make a .ova that you can one-click > import into Virtualbox (and I think Fusion as well) here: >=20 > https://gist.github.com/splbio/84bd4d2122782e99fc5c >=20 Can you send the script as an attachment? > What is the best way to get this made into part of the release > process so that we can get .ovas shipped as well. >=20 I'm inclined to think this is an overkill solution, to be honest. > One final question, is there a possibility we could add some > changes to the image so that it auto-dhcp's an address? Most people > who just download the image won't know to "dhclient em0" or even > what an "em0" is. >=20 I think 'ifconfig_DEFAULT=3D"DHCP"' in rc.conf(5) is what you want. Glen --gj572EiMnwbLXET9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJUo3qSAAoJEAMUWKVHj+KTZT4P/RWKLEW3/vKIpCamipdmFlsy vb2jVnL+ASIHci9ItZZAwq/DQr3Alo41OT+Znn/VJHRyeAOCLEMdLLTmLLpvy4m1 g25ApraF5vRkxpGn/YpbCiaY71mfvdwFdGqSntvZCXGrnhbgm4bvBS1THzYswwHU ooYLN1LpocjeRrEa4nBZ/cNnjEO2HMahA+jboHrVVzE+BVf650pnyWcVzwEbsymd oWlwymvJKyxBtZmWvqgA4+K60V68PGGWxSVg5sbMcK/fu4Tqk5St8H6nzrL+fxSU OPL01kzhjVzgHtJaFO+rbKaCsSKjKdUgm7gsy5gGfvVeESu9z/Dfd7HJihFVf+vk x8F0Mwg6aQrfusS8dAdRvoq23HCFXVSh9tWnFjPKcU+duf2VVyFf371DxV3pJ66a H4KMgMPzyKq+u371rPl2oSqSoo/aR+9xG5KE8s2HunQlN4NskR4WCyLdR/+OnMHr CE0hNHWfxwLkp8vi96OBwbQqh6KwPBy3tN5lgxhO4Q1bxSvtkSRFvH7Nz6kLis2r HEUvzFxsCTl80n6uKtkHl29hc6F9FQBPsAiWg5Fo6rUvAYfmI1kKQow3ASpf13wu 4+VE/z54OO2QfSBT+PeeclmPaTYH+ggzRrbx3C0xaHMwgqzq9IZ0K4qIUafvA+tv et08aXKnw+BmfrkffaKd =h50o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gj572EiMnwbLXET9--
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