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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:11:51 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org>,  FreeBSD Virtualization Mailing List <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OS Images(Linux/etc) in ports tree
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It seems nice.

On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 5:28 PM Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:

> > 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
>


-- 
Mario.

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<div dir="ltr">It seems nice.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 5:28 PM Rodney W. Grimes &lt;<a href="mailto:freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net">freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">&gt; This could be the project that you are interested in :<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <a href="https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu</a><br>;
<br>
Or perhaps just make <a href="http://netboot.xyz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">netboot.xyz</a> run ontop of PXE in bhyve???<br>
<a href="https://netboot.xyz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://netboot.xyz</a><br>;
<br>
(This is actually rather simple to do, use the PXE built into<br>
bhyve ED2K to load a full featured iPXE (already in ports),<br>
which then loads the <a href="http://netboot.xyz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">netboot.xyz</a> scripts.)  I have had this<br>
working in the past...<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; In your case,it could be called quick bhyve. So let&#39;s get started. I&#39;m also<br>
&gt; interested in collaborating.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Il sab 29 giu 2024, 19:49 Chris Moerz &lt;<a href="mailto:freebsd@ny-central.org" target="_blank">freebsd@ny-central.org</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; On Sat, 29 Jun 2024, Mario Marietto wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; I think that it may be possible to put only the VM config files on the<br>
&gt; &gt; ports,not necessarily heavy image files.<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; You&#39;re all making a valid point; I second that - I read the original post<br>
&gt; &gt; as if we&#39;re talking about scripts that download images from somewhere<br>
&gt; &gt; else. May have jumped to conclusions.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; We can probably all agree: OS images do not belong into the ports tree.<br>
&gt; &gt; Porting scripts that handle OS image creation or downloading them from<br>
&gt; &gt; some public repository though would certainly be fine.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; chris<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Rod Grimes                                                 <a href="mailto:rgrimes@freebsd.org" target="_blank">rgrimes@freebsd.org</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>
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