Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:49:27 -0700 From: Matt Joras <mjoras@FreeBSD.org> To: Panagiotes Mousikides <paggas1@yandex.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD from source into VM image Message-ID: <97d0475c-9603-03d8-144d-dc803e5530c7@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <8888acfa-4dc8-a68f-8ca8-c4df84e5e74a@yandex.com> References: <8888acfa-4dc8-a68f-8ca8-c4df84e5e74a@yandex.com>
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On 08/14/2017 11:42, Panagiotes Mousikides wrote: > I am working on the FreeBSD test suite, and need to create an image > file from source. How can I do that? > > I need to run something similar to make installkernel && make > installworld with an image file as the target, such that the end > result is a ready-made FreeBSD system that can be started up with > bhyve. How can I do that, including creating the correct /etc files, > and the correct boot code and partitioning? > See release(7), https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?release(7). The relevant section is under virtual machine disk images and the vm-image target. The VMFORMATS for bhyve is "raw". That will generate an image that "just works" with vmrun.sh Matt Joras
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