Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:48:20 -0700 From: Will Andrews <will@firepipe.net> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Ryan Kois <ryan.kois@gmail.com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, re@freebsd.org, Claudia Yadathi <yadathi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How to make a FreeBSD vm in virtualbox. Message-ID: <CADBaqmhES1mFJ6iWjwRY=2Y9HJfDeJky%2BqwKmP9TeTdA6ufBfw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20141231151723.GA75959@hub.FreeBSD.org> References: <13C55A7B-4010-40FA-901B-DF8ED6BADD87@freebsd.org> <20141231042455.GB53230@hub.FreeBSD.org> <24520431-8E2A-4D70-BD2D-D8D76A98C762@freebsd.org> <20141231151723.GA75959@hub.FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> The difference is that with a vmdk you must get the exact >> combinations of items correct or you will wind up with a FreeBSD >> instance that will not boot. With the ova, you just run a single >> command "VBoxManage FreeBSD.ova" and stuff "just works", or you can >> even just double click on the downloaded file from within your OS >> X / Windows/ whatever host and it "just works". What about shipping Vagrant boxes instead? I've found those easy to build automation on top of. > Your script relies on VirtualBox being installed on the build machine, > which I do not like. This is one of the major reasons I'm happy Marcel > added VMDK support to mkimg(1) - all the components to create the > formatted disk image exist in the base system. [...] > I strongly oppose depending on building VirtualBox (which has > implications of its own) for producing VM images, especially when the > disk image can be created using base utilities alone. Given that, > relying on a third-party utility is a step backwards. Requiring that all tools used in the release process ship with the base system means FreeBSD will never offer any first-party images for use with third party tools, obstructing community development around them. That would be a shame. --Will.
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