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Date:      Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:31:46 -0700
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getting involved and contributing
Message-ID:  <53247262.5030001@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403052049010.50538@wonkity.com>
References:  <53176FB4.1080908@tysdomain.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403052049010.50538@wonkity.com>

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On 03/05/14 19:51, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
>
>> Hello all:
>> I had a fewe questions I wanted to ask.
>> I'm looking for areas in which I might contribute code (c/c++, Python
>> etc). As I'm new to the code contribution deal, I'd like to start off
>> with something small if possible. My interests are mainly in security
>> and systems development, though I'm probably not all that great at
>> either. Similarly, I had a few questions:
>> 1) what is a free or cheap method for testing code, branches etc? I
>> have two systems here, but I am unable to duel boot.
>> 2) I could use VMWare for testing, but that limits my ability to do
>> much testing. Given that though, is there a way to automate the
>> install of BSD? Basically: I am blind and am unable to install BSD by
>> myself without help. Solutions exist for serial ports, but I've not
>> really had much great luck connecting to that through a host. If
>> there's a solution for a scripted install, that would be awesome.
>
> pc-sysinstall(8) can do a scripted install.  There are some examples
> in /usr/share/examples/pc-sysinstall.
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So can bsdinstall -- see the man page for examples.
-Nathan



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