Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:03:04 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Release Engineering Team <re@freebsd.org>, Ryan Kois <ryan.kois@gmail.com>, 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: <60DD8B3D-B499-4F0D-8AD4-AF85F902489A@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54A44705.6000005@freebsd.org> 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> <54A44705.6000005@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Dec 31, 2014, at 10:57, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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 That works too! Now all we need to do is make that into a port... [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUpEhoAAoJEMZr5QU6S73eg3wH/3gRsoQgond1pRzXadlh6sOQ W1m9skvVmOlEZ76qD+bQdYNMN/vGVq8/I1RjkBSAN/0ITk6Xp44erTsQzbOe/Awp /KTvH+3cWWrIyhIJzvr1FYjUO3Ikf8QccRZ80SnGUOUqIstTn8ruxnSXyGyMlscT 6FQQG13pkbACKsqgOyG/DAN6u81Xa37OFfrCuwtg2ZI+S+eu+qfeiZJcamuMVviH rB9+/30P1YFRH4zJaS9WtL8TCKE8fksNifPN/5qgaElzduHq4Z/9WQDijMRhcNu6 HvY0Dbk9ovLXSi8PHv7T7YemIK+VpFTOalwVhc9ohy2ViNlJ9Uk8Uriqw0jIT30= =QyQG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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