Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:28:46 -0700 From: Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> To: Lacey Powers <lacey.leanne@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Softlayer VPS: Loading FreeBSD Message-ID: <3D2FF45C-9C83-4504-8051-4A409E06F8BE@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <557A241D.5090307@gmail.com> References: <6277AB8E-EDF5-436A-B1A9-5C041041E165@hub.org> <CAKE2PDtCki%2B7v3wN5BNoao8v3eiqgZb_0q27hocjqgANObaEbg@mail.gmail.com> <64385A15-591B-4933-BD83-45EAA5A372C5@hub.org> <557A0B64.9050808@sysconfig.org.uk> <B6B22B33-980C-444B-874A-EE9ED0784FDD@hub.org> <557A241D.5090307@gmail.com>
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Marc G Fournier Owner, Hub.Org <http://hub.org/>; Hosting Solutions S.A. > On Jun 11, 2015, at 17:13, Lacey Powers <lacey.leanne@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 06/11/2015 16:00, Marc Fournier wrote: >> Marc G Fournier >> Owner, Hub.Org <http://hub.org/>; Hosting Solutions S.A. >>=20 >>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 15:27, Carsten Heesch <ch@sysconfig.org.uk> = wrote: >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>> That gave us IPMI access for the Bare Metal server we put in place, >>>> but no KVM access for VPS =E2=80=A6 for VPS, I need to create an = ISO of my >>>> install, upload that and then they effectively =E2=80=98dd=E2=80=99 = it to the VPS, >>>> which is cool, but I need to figure out how to create an image = based >>>> on a VirtualBox build on a Mac OS X system :) >>> If they really just "dd" it, then a RAW image of your Virtualbox >>> instance should work, shouldn't it? >> I knew when I typed this that I shouldn=E2=80=99t have .. :) I = don=E2=80=99t know what they do exactly, getting info out of htem is = like pulling teeth =E2=80=A6 so far, I=E2=80=99m not even sure what I = should be setting for ethernet configuration, although I=E2=80=99m = suspecting =E2=80=9CDHCP=E2=80=9D, else I=E2=80=99d have to load a new = ISO for each VPS I=E2=80=99m setting up =E2=80=A6 >>=20 >>> Choose QCOW as the disk format in VirtualBox, and then use "qemu-img >>> convert" to make a raw image. >> I have several FreeBSD boxes, so if there is a method of converting = from =E2=80=9CXYZ -> ISO=E2=80=9D using FreeBSD, that is cool too =E2=80=A6= I can make / configure the image on my desktop, upload to my server and = do the conversion there =E2=80=A6 >>=20 >> I can use qemu-img to pretty much convert to any format (except ISO) = =E2=80=A6 but how do I get to that final step? >>=20 >> Thinking this through =E2=80=A6 ppl make livecd=E2=80=99s, so this is = obviously possible =E2=80=A6 does it make sense that that is all I need = to do? Although I=E2=80=99ve never done it, mind you, but if I were to = upload a regular liveCD, and they installed / booted that, that should = be it =E2=80=A6 or am I overlookign something? >>=20 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > Hello Marc, >=20 > Sounds like the last thing you need is to mount the image, and use = mkisofs to make your own iso >=20 > There are examples here, >=20 > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/creating-cds.html >=20 > and there are also tools for making releases or custom releases in = /usr/src/releaseoutlined in >=20 > man 7 release >=20 > Which might be easier to use and customize than coercing a VirtualBox = image into something useful. >=20 > But, the basic command for making an ISO is something like this: >=20 > |# mkisofs -R -o /tmp/FreeBSD-Custom.iso = /path/to/my/mounted/disk/image| >=20 > You might need to change the options to suit your needs, though. >=20 > It's been awhile since I last made custom CDs. >=20 > Hope that helps.=3D) Thanks .. .we=E2=80=99ll see how helpful, but I=E2=80=99m almost ready = to drop these guys and go to Backspace =E2=80=A6 there website = explicitly states =E2=80=9CFreeBSD=E2=80=9D = http://www.softlayer.com/software <http://www.softlayer.com/software>; = =E2=80=A6 yet nobody there seems to be much help in getting it installed = =E2=80=A6=20=
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