Re: A few good ports on release iso images ?

From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb_at_hardenedbsd.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:31:30 UTC 
On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 07:07:51PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> I do not want want this to turn into a everything-and-Emacs bloat-party,
> but I would find it really helpful if our install-ISO images had two
> HW-spelunking ports installed:
> 
> 	sysutils/smartmontools
> 
> and
> 
> 	sysutils/dmidecode
> 
> Is that even possible ?
> 
> Am I the only one who thinks so ?

While probably less efficient than just running the tools outright, I
usually just set up a tmpfs that I chroot into and install those kinds
of packages.

Just boot memstick.img, mount a tmpfs and a /dev under that, chroot
and bring up networking, then pkg install.

Simple process, but certainly more steps than having the tools
pre-installed on the install media.

Thanks,

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