looking for a platform for contributions

[Jason Hellenthal]

I just did a quick few minute lookup and came across this article by VMWare that it seems you can import virtual box appliances OVA's

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2053864

On another note last night I was curious as to how long it would take to create a fresh OVA with FreeBSD 10-STABLE and learned that I am only capable of creating 32-bit images on that machine unfortunately but fortunately took under 10 minutes to do so.

I have a fresh ZFS on root 32-bit OVA appliance if that interests you just let me know. Otherwise I think there are probably others that wouldn't mind doing the same with a 64-bit one.

-- 
 Jason Hellenthal
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> On May 23, 2014, at 1:51, "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/23/2014 12:15 AM, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
>> I cant imagine it'd be hard to create a fresh image already installed and configure for you to start with. Only would need to know what the requirements are. Type of machine and size of the first hard drive. I could and would be willing to wrap up a 10-STABLE VMDK appliance for virtual box if you'd like at no charge. 
> Thanks, I'll have to give that a look-see. I'd probably be hosting this on the IMac since it has all the resources and last I seen, virtualbox would literally crash voiceover (the screen reader on OSX). I'll see if there's something available that would allow me to bypass that. The help would be greatly appreciated, I'd just like to do the research before you put in the work on your end, so I'm not wasting anyone's time.
> 
> Thanks,
>> -- 
>>  Jason Hellenthal
>>  Voice: 95.30.17.6/616
>>  JJH48-ARIN
>> 
>> On May 22, 2014, at 23:47, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 22 May 2014 21:42:13 -0400
>>> "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello all:
>>>> I have a lot of free time and really wanted to start contributing to
>>>> FreeBSD. I have one issue I was hoping someone could help:
>>>> I am blind and am currently using a Soyoustart server for my main
>>>> server after transitioning. I am currently a bit lost in terms of
>>>> actually getting running with a bsd system. I obviously don't have
>>>> the money to pay for a new dedicated server; are there reasonable
>>>> hosts where I can just quickly reinstall BSD so I can test/etc?
>>>> Obviously price is an issue. If not, is there a good resource where I
>>>> can get a vmware VM that's already set up with 10/ssh or something
>>>> similar? My only limitation right now is just getting something
>>>> installed so I'm not "testing" on my stable server.
>>> I use a simple thumb drive for testing when needed. The normal work is
>>> done via the hard disk but the test installations are always done on a
>>> removable media.
>>> 
>>> Would this be of help for you?
>>> 
>>> Erich
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> 
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> Take care,
> Ty
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