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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
Cc:        Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org>, FreeBSD Virtualization Mailing List <freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: OS Images(Linux/etc) in ports tree
Message-ID:  <202406301528.45UFSg4N009648@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSigSqO3j1EnHvr2aR%2Bks9WbC53Oyswspvfj9j2GDOG019Q@mail.gmail.com>

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> This could be the project that you are interested in :
> 
> https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu

Or perhaps just make netboot.xyz run ontop of PXE in bhyve???
https://netboot.xyz

(This is actually rather simple to do, use the PXE built into
bhyve ED2K to load a full featured iPXE (already in ports),
which then loads the netboot.xyz scripts.)  I have had this
working in the past...

> 
> In your case,it could be called quick bhyve. So let's get started. I'm also
> interested in collaborating.
> 
> Il sab 29 giu 2024, 19:49 Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> ha scritto:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Jun 2024, Mario Marietto wrote:
> >
> > > I think that it may be possible to put only the VM config files on the
> > ports,not necessarily heavy image files.
> > >
> >
> > You're all making a valid point; I second that - I read the original post
> > as if we're talking about scripts that download images from somewhere
> > else. May have jumped to conclusions.
> >
> > We can probably all agree: OS images do not belong into the ports tree.
> > Porting scripts that handle OS image creation or downloading them from
> > some public repository though would certainly be fine.
> >
> > chris
> >
> >

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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