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Date:      Fri, 1 Jan 2021 00:21:17 +0000
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
To:        Rafal Lukawiecki <raf@rafal.net>, freebsd-cloud@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No EC2 screenshot for 12.2 ARM AMI Maker
Message-ID:  <01000176bb51eec4-725050f9-e963-47a7-bffa-65e7adcca0a3-000000@email.amazonses.com>
In-Reply-To: <1E902B6C-436B-43F8-900D-86547BA48DD1@rafal.net>
References:  <1E902B6C-436B-43F8-900D-86547BA48DD1@rafal.net>

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On 12/31/20 11:43 AM, Rafal Lukawiecki via freebsd-cloud wrote:
> I have realised that I have only tested the 12.2 x64 AMI maker on c5 and not the ARM one…facepalm…
> 
> Just tried again with ami-03ff07383e4897dd4 on c6gd and a t4g. There is no instance screenshot available. The log fills, and eventually I can connect to the machines—much sooner than on the AMD ones. Perhaps I am connecting too early? I have no easy way to figure out if the install has finished, as I have normally used the screenshot.
> 
> Is there a way to check if the install of FreeBSD to /mnt has been completed? The welcome message seems to suggest it is so, but perhaps that is hardcoded. Or would I be unable to ssh until the process has completed?

You won't be able to SSH in until the disk image has been extracted.  I think
the ARM instances are faster (in part because the disk image is smaller).

-- 
Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid



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