Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:51:36 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting involved and contributing Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403052049010.50538@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <53176FB4.1080908@tysdomain.com> References: <53176FB4.1080908@tysdomain.com>
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > Hello all: > I had a fewe questions I wanted to ask. > I'm looking for areas in which I might contribute code (c/c++, Python etc). > As I'm new to the code contribution deal, I'd like to start off with > something small if possible. My interests are mainly in security and systems > development, though I'm probably not all that great at either. Similarly, I > had a few questions: > 1) what is a free or cheap method for testing code, branches etc? I have two > systems here, but I am unable to duel boot. > 2) I could use VMWare for testing, but that limits my ability to do much > testing. Given that though, is there a way to automate the install of BSD? > Basically: I am blind and am unable to install BSD by myself without help. > Solutions exist for serial ports, but I've not really had much great luck > connecting to that through a host. If there's a solution for a scripted > install, that would be awesome. pc-sysinstall(8) can do a scripted install. There are some examples in /usr/share/examples/pc-sysinstall.
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