Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:57:09 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: Ryan Kois <ryan.kois@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Release Engineering Team <re@freebsd.org>, Claudia Yadathi <yadathi@gmail.com>, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>, Will Andrews <will@firepipe.net> Subject: Re: How to make a FreeBSD vm in virtualbox. Message-ID: <54A44705.6000005@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <35F27CF1-A230-49AC-B077-2C7621C47D85@gmail.com> References: <13C55A7B-4010-40FA-901B-DF8ED6BADD87@freebsd.org> <20141231042455.GB53230@hub.FreeBSD.org> <24520431-8E2A-4D70-BD2D-D8D76A98C762@freebsd.org> <20141231151723.GA75959@hub.FreeBSD.org> <CADBaqmhES1mFJ6iWjwRY=2Y9HJfDeJky%2BqwKmP9TeTdA6ufBfw@mail.gmail.com> <20141231175658.GD75959@hub.FreeBSD.org> <CAJ-Vmok04zyZ-6qafmDpdyTcmi_n-fbgTAEeTXFbof9Lrg9uFA@mail.gmail.com> <35F27CF1-A230-49AC-B077-2C7621C47D85@gmail.com>
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On 12/31/14 10:40 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Dec 31, 2014, at 10:12, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> I'm confused by this discussion. >> >> The basic image generation doesn't need to use any third-party tools. >> >> We can always have a transformation step /after/ those images are >> generated that uses third party tools to generate other images. Much >> like Alfred's shell script. >> >> I know it sucks, but unless someone wants to write BSD versions of all >> of those configuration pieces, we're going to be stuck using external >> tools to do things. And those things will get eyeballs. > > It’s really unfortunate that the VMware option requires linux compat (at least) in order to work: > > https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=352&downloadGroup=OVFTOOL350 > > Is there anyone who’s been working with VMware directly to add FreeBSD support? If so, I think that opensourcing this tool (or at least having a binary) would potentially be the best win of all in the short-term. > > Thanks! > https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=353&downloadGroup=OVFTOOL350_OSS ? -Alfred
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