From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 28 16:48:05 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A27232F83 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:48:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 486Xc35Xyyz4CHg for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:48:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([94.222.13.213]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue108 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MIMT4-1ikMYm1EOq-00EPIb; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:48:00 +0100 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:47:59 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Evilham Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is rufus not available under FreeBSD ? 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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, ...