Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 04:37:20 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: Evilham <contact@evilham.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why is rufus not available under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20200129043720.d90f1785.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <DB8PR06MB64422D72513259DB4F1A4932F6050@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <DB8PR06MB64422AD5DE4E135FAF90F757F60A0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <d01bf19b-b616-404b-903c-6e4f1e63f941@yggdrasil.evilham.com> <20200128174759.38f5db42.freebsd@edvax.de> <DB8PR06MB64422D72513259DB4F1A4932F6050@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:54:28 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > > > On 2020-01-28 22:17, Polytropon wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > Hi Poly, > > I fully agree. Perhaps we should our own command, something like: > > mkdosbootdisk <device> [OPTIONS] Exactly, or like mkisofs <options> -o <outfile> <infile(s)>, to create a bootable image that can then be written to a USB stick or an optical medium. I think this would involve some gpart (ex fdisk), newfs_msdosfs, maybe copying files to a mdconfig-based "filesystem in a file", and then dd or cdrecord / growisofs to get it onto the actual target medium. At least I remember that an approach like this worked decades ago. A convenient shell script to incorporate all the parts would be nice to have. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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