Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:22:53 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: VM images for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20111220222253.GC55364@azathoth.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAPJF9wnWAY-XkD9emfHPeTX6JhOLwjALaLPpKhGNgTh5Fp0wTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPJF9wmf89mV2M3PO5deoWJ9i2FPHkQ1asgLzd9-bGkAd7j79g@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110170742420.16168@wonkity.com> <CAPJF9wmeZadAQjFPBDq4x4fK3KgwnXyTKBmXdp9bRF2piwGJ0Q@mail.gmail.com> <0DBBB027-DB51-4245-8DC5-EC5F98D66777@gsoft.com.au> <F7B6035F-D438-412E-ABB3-A475CD848ACD@gmail.com> <CAPJF9wndVGKVUhrS=QhxbUnNd67KHrPGM8mcZTiFUMbiCDEkFQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmomkmBNNTb%2BghgerRAJegZx_FgTCsb080j5w5qps9vO20Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAPJF9wnWAY-XkD9emfHPeTX6JhOLwjALaLPpKhGNgTh5Fp0wTA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:31:51PM +0200, Alexander Yerenkow wrote: > 2011/12/19 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> > > > Hi, > > > > Hm, so this lets us create a virtualbox image from what, a set of > > install tarballs? Or /usr/src build? > > > > I'm using cross-build and installation from sources dir (which is after > that got svn-up'ed and all goes again). > It shouldn't be complex to install to image from installation media and/or > tarballs, but mine main idea is to have rolling image for making some > automated tests. > Currently I'm establishing building and providing images scheme, will do > images with KMS+small graphical programs, with qt+unstable KDE, and > probably with BHyVe. I think that's most useful setups currently. And maybe > some image for benchmarking :) > > FYI I have been working on a ova file generator for the release, I manage to create ova images that do work on VirtualBox without problems, there are still some problems with vmware for now, the goal is to have a standard vm ready image (ova is standard) that would work on every system that do support it. the image can be easily created from the release. regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7xCr0ACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExTLgCfWMo6gBe+wjpNhnqFN9Xb8kKD 1AYAn3ntS1hYClnioKgSo2E7sT3pxOJF =fChJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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