Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:26:32 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@kronometrix.org>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recreate FreeBSD 12 ARM image Message-ID: <98823c454f96624432bf47773781d3c286f05077.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <148817FA-22C2-4393-836C-474ABCA92C41@kronometrix.org> References: <23ABC4DD-840D-4C63-ACCF-4DF6BC801CF0@kronometrix.org> <201907150915.x6F9FqES061430@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <201907150922.x6F9MIAA063646@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <148817FA-22C2-4393-836C-474ABCA92C41@kronometrix.org>
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On Mon, 2019-07-15 at 16:57 +0300, Stefan Parvu wrote: > Thanks for message. > > What I meant was this: > > * original ARMv8 FreeBSD 12.0 RELEASE is 2 684 354 560 bytes (2.69 > GB on disk) not > compressed > > * if I install the image on a 32GB MicroSD card I would love to make > back the FreeBSD > image to something as close as possible to the original size (of > course except what I install > additional) > > * yes, idea is to offer the FreeBSD 12 to our customers pre-packaged > and ready to be used for > analytics and data recording > > * I want our customers would install the img on their own MicroSD > cards … > > > See what I mean ? > > Thanks, > Stefan > The release images are made with /usr/src/release/release.sh, and you can use it to make your own images. I've never done so, but I know other arm folks use it, so you should be able to get some help with it if you have questions. I've heard that Poudriere now also has some sort of image-building feature built into it. (What ever happened to the old unix philosophy of small tools, each of which does exactly one thing very well, working together? Seems like "one tool to rule them all" has seeped into unix design lately). -- Ian
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