Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:47:59 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Evilham <contact@evilham.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is rufus not available under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20200128174759.38f5db42.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <d01bf19b-b616-404b-903c-6e4f1e63f941@yggdrasil.evilham.com> References: <DB8PR06MB64422AD5DE4E135FAF90F757F60A0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <d01bf19b-b616-404b-903c-6e4f1e63f941@yggdrasil.evilham.com>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:25:41 +0100, Evilham wrote: > 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. In this case, a documented procedure, or maybe a shellscript for the ports collection would be a better solution than trying to port something to FreeBSD that is heavily tied to "Windows" (it probably won't work with wine, will it?). I know that it is basically possible to create a filesystem image suitabe for USB sticks that boots into DOS, as I have done this decades ago. The assumption is: It worked decades ago, it should work today. The reality is: Well... ;-) You should not depend on complex solutions (and in this case, only being available for a non-UNIX OS) in order to do something that is, more or less, easy, and does _not require_ "Windows" to be involved in any way. A native solution that works on FreeBSD would be nice to have. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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