Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:38:41 +0200 From: Dario Freni <saturnero@freesbie.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation from USB pen Message-ID: <4452B591.6050707@freesbie.org> In-Reply-To: <20060322165445.GA19647@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <4420AF56.60106@freesbie.org> <20060322165445.GA19647@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Brooks Davis ha scritto: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:58:46AM +0100, Dario Freni wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> attached a tiny script to convert a FreeBSD install iso image to a >> binary ufs image ready to be flashed e.g. on an USB pendrive. >> >> The size of the ufs image is calculated from the iso one. The usage for >> the script is quite simple: >> >> ./fbsd-install-iso2img.sh iso-path img-path >> >> Once you're done, you can dd the img directly to an USB pen. If you also >> want to make a serial-console install image just set the serial variable >> on top of the script to 1. >> >> This script is derived from another similar one that I made for the >> pfSense project. It was requested for those kind of systems which have >> an usb port booting-capable and a serial console. >> >> I hope you'll find it useful. Bye, > > Way cool! We've to tons of boxes that are a complete pain is the ass to > install on via CD, this will save tons of time. Obviously, it would be > better it we made one of these as part of the release build and put it > on the ftp site, but this is a hugh step in the right direction. > > One minor nit, you might want to put a check that the user is root at the > top of the script since that is a requirement. > >> P.S.: beer-ware license > > Are you going to be at BSDCan. :) Hey! Thanks to Dan Langille and BSDCan I'm going to be there! :) I definitely want my beer! :P -- Dario Freni (saturnero@freesbie.org) FreeSBIE developer (http://www.freesbie.org) GPG Public key at http://www.saturnero.net/saturnero.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEUrWUymi72IiShysRAkd6AKDp/hJknV2UfonxVF0jFfi1Y97b0gCeJan7 0jrn/TjlDDk5gKLd88Dq8W0= =AUP+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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