Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:26:39 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: best way to make dvd appear to me a .iso file to the FS Message-ID: <CAGBxaXmKuEqwr9jzs1M3z5bda4b%2BsXizHspzjGRJU-Q_y6hdaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <524A2B75.3020704@pix.net> References: <CAGBxaXn4wVNR47grOOY6bMi%2ByPCuCcENGOnCN7-owLH49EWX2A@mail.gmail.com> <524A2B75.3020704@pix.net>
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That solution works only for a FreeBSD install disk. I am looking for a more general solution, for an install CD/DVD for any x86-compatible OS. (Currently bhyve cannot handle other OS's besides FreeBSD, but they are planning to add support for other OS's.) (I am one of the developers of PetiteCloud, a forthcoming front end for bhyve. See the virtualization list for details.) On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> wrote: > On 9/30/13 9:46 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > >> bhyveload(8) only let's you use .ISO's for install media and I want to >> make >> it so I can just insert a DVD (/dev/cd0) and bhyve can read it as if it >> was >> a just a normal file and not a device... short of copying it to the hard >> drive is there any other solution anyone can think of? >> > > Well, you can create a zvol to hold the bootable UFS filesystem, > and just mount the cd-image, and extract the /usr/freebsd-dist/* > tarfiles directly into the freshly created filesystem... > > -Kurt > > >
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