Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:25:41 +0100 From: Evilham <contact@evilham.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is rufus not available under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <d01bf19b-b616-404b-903c-6e4f1e63f941@yggdrasil.evilham.com> In-Reply-To: <DB8PR06MB64422AD5DE4E135FAF90F757F60A0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <DB8PR06MB64422AD5DE4E135FAF90F757F60A0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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On dt., gen. 28 2020, Manish Jain wrote: > Hi all, > > I had to update my BIOS a couple of days back, and for that I > needed a > bootable DOS USB pen drive. The only way to get this, I believe, > is > Rufus - which is Open Source and is available under Linux. > > sysutils/unetbootin should be able to do the job, but simply > does not work. > > I was wondering why Rufus is not available under FreeBSD. I > think it is > one of the most useful applications I have ever come across. > > Thanks for any inputs. > Manish Jain This rufus? https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#do-you-plan-to-port-rufus-to-linuxmac-ossome-other-os I have used it on Windows at some point and yeah, it's handy; but the author makes a point of it being OSS but heavily dependent on Windows' APIs. So, I am really not aware of it being available for Linux either. -- Evilham
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