From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 02:58:17 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 89F9F16A404 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:58:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A3A43D45 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:58:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3T2wGFN004729; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:58:16 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id k3T2wG4x004728; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:58:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:58:16 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Dario Freni Message-ID: <20060429025816.GA26982@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <4420AF56.60106@freesbie.org> <20060322165445.GA19647@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4452B591.6050707@freesbie.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4452B591.6050707@freesbie.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu 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 02:58:17 -0000 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:38:41AM +0200, Dario Freni wrote: > 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 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 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. > >=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. :) >=20 > Hey! Thanks to Dan Langille and BSDCan I'm going to be there! :) I > definitely want my beer! :P No problem. :) -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEUtZHXY6L6fI4GtQRAnExAKCmDG6vlZ2DDsO1wmxYTOQ1JWODTwCdEzH9 VUbeXsJ6ZdCEhnmHIaffcSs= =N9eP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--