On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:38:41AM +0200, Dario Freni wrote: > Brooks Davis ha scritto: > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:58:46AM +0100, Dario Freni wrote: > >> Hi everybody, > >> attached a tiny script to convert a FreeBSD install iso image to a > >> binary ufs image ready to be flashed e.g. on an USB pendrive. > >> > >> The size of the ufs image is calculated from the iso one. The usage for > >> the script is quite simple: > >> > >> ./fbsd-install-iso2img.sh iso-path img-path > >> > >> Once you're done, you can dd the img directly to an USB pen. If you also > >> want to make a serial-console install image just set the serial variable > >> on top of the script to 1. > >> > >> This script is derived from another similar one that I made for the > >> pfSense project. It was requested for those kind of systems which have > >> an usb port booting-capable and a serial console. > >> > >> I hope you'll find it useful. Bye, > > > > Way cool! We've to tons of boxes that are a complete pain is the ass to > > install on via CD, this will save tons of time. Obviously, it would be > > better it we made one of these as part of the release build and put it > > on the ftp site, but this is a hugh step in the right direction. > > > > One minor nit, you might want to put a check that the user is root at the > > top of the script since that is a requirement. > > > >> P.S.: beer-ware license > > > > Are you going to be at BSDCan. :) > > Hey! Thanks to Dan Langille and BSDCan I'm going to be there! :) I > definitely want my beer! :P
No problem. :) -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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