Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-03 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting "Kevin Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:23:24 -0800): > On 12/3/06, Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If using FreeBSD on i386/amd64 boxes, use PXE. There are quite a few > > "instant > > setup" web pages out there that tell you how to get it running. pxeboot

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-03 Thread Kevin Sanders
On 12/3/06, Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If using FreeBSD on i386/amd64 boxes, use PXE. There are quite a few "instant setup" web pages out there that tell you how to get it running. pxeboot makes life incredibly easy, as you can load kernels, modules, configurations, etc, over NFS.

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-03 Thread Robert Watson
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Garrett Cooper wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. [..

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-03 Thread Robert Watson
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Kevin Sanders wrote: On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs a

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-03 Thread Garrett Cooper
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. [...] Alexander, when you say disk-less configu

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less >> configuration is the best option out there. [...] > > Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you >

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Vishal Patil wrote: > > I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if > > there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel > > development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lis

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Julian Elischer
Vishal Patil wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that "qemu" seems to be the best option. Is this tool

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kevin Sanders
On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs and without the risk of terminally damaging an

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Alexander Kabaev
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:28:57 -0500 "Vishal Patil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if > there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel > development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc > it seem

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kip Macy
Qemu / vmware is probably the best way to go at the moment. On 12/2/06, Vishal Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different ma

Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that "qemu" seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the FreeBSD

Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that "qemu" seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the Fre