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installing FreeBSD-13/14[2022/09,2023/11] Notes from installing FreeBSD-13/14 onto ZFS. FreeBSD installer (bsdinstall)Tip: Can scroll up console by pressing ScrollLock.
Tip: Can run "holographic shell" by choosing 'Live CD' then running
First find device name of root device.
At start, bsdinstall offers to run Shell, use it to run:
When asked which system components to install, select ZFS: This author chooses 0 for swap partition so that later can instead create ZFS volume for swap-space if ever needed. This author skips connecting to Internet until custom firewall has been installed, and since bsdinstall has hung if fails to connect to DHCP.
When creating users, for home dir permission, discovered bsdinstall
will accept chmod symbolic syntax: configuring newly installed FreeBSD system
ASAP: Enable rescue login as ~toor by defining its password by running ASAP: Create both bootenv and ZFS snapshots of new system -- before system becomes wrecked. ASAP: LOCK (read immutable in 'man chflags') those system directories that should be read-only. (This author does so for computer security, accepting risk of possibly wrecking system.).
For disciples of Emacs:
For users of GNU cp: BEWARE: BSD cp has pitfalls!! |