Re: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source

From: vermaden <vermaden_at_interia.pl>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:24:46 UTC 
I was not able to get 'release.sh' to success even a single time - it always failed with different errors - the 'help' I received here also did not pushed things forward ... so I wrote my own verimg(8) tool for similar things as 'release.sh' does.

Here are the details:
- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/freebsd-image-builder-installer-verimg-tool/

Here is the verimg(8) repo:
- https://github.com/vermaden/verimg

Maybe someone will find that useful.

Regards,
vermaden



Temat: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source
Data: 2026-04-09 0:34
Nadawca: "vermaden" &lt;vermaden@interia.pl>
Adresat: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-current@freebsd.org; 

> Hi,
> 
> I want to build VM images from source, the same ones that are here:
> - https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/15.0-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/
> 
> What I did:
> 
> (...)
> 
> ... but the VMIMAGES are not built ... or maybe I am doing something wrong.
> 
> The contents in /usr/src/release/Makefile and release(7) are alsoe different.
> 
> Please advice.
> 
> Thanks,
> vermaden