From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 00:38:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F41016A412 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saturnero@freesbie.org) Received: from jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it (jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it [83.149.128.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F160F43D49 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from saturnero@freesbie.org) Received: from jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it (jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it [83.149.128.151]) by jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8107B574F; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:49:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on cvs.freesbie.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.1.0 Received: from [192.168.99.16] (host129-150.pool875.interbusiness.it [87.5.150.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jail1-fbsd4.consiagnet.it (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:49:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4452B591.6050707@freesbie.org> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:38:41 +0200 From: Dario Freni User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brooks Davis References: <4420AF56.60106@freesbie.org> <20060322165445.GA19647@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060322165445.GA19647@odin.ac.hmc.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: url=http://www.saturnero.net/saturnero.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD9675FE557E2F598AE5F4C6F" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation from USB pen X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:38:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD9675FE557E2F598AE5F4C6F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 fo= r >> 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 al= so >> want to make a serial-console install image just set the serial variab= le >> 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, >=20 > Way cool! We've to tons of boxes that are a complete pain is the ass t= o > 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. >=20 > One minor nit, you might want to put a check that the user is root at t= he > top of the script since that is a requirement. >=20 >> P.S.: beer-ware license >=20 > 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 --=20 Dario Freni (saturnero@freesbie.org) FreeSBIE developer (http://www.freesbie.org) GPG Public key at http://www.saturnero.net/saturnero.asc --------------enigD9675FE557E2F598AE5F4C6F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEUrWUymi72IiShysRAkd6AKDp/hJknV2UfonxVF0jFfi1Y97b0gCeJan7 0jrn/TjlDDk5gKLd88Dq8W0= =AUP+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD9675FE557E2F598AE5F4C6F--