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Things to remember when bootstrapping a fresh install of FreeBSD outside of sysinstall

!!! Boot Setup

!! Regular

/boot/loader.conf
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loader_logo="beastie"
kernel="GENERIC"
opensolaris_load="YES" # if zfs root
zfs_load="YES"         # if zfs root
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!! Tweaks if /boot is its own partition

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# Boot scripts are hardcoded to look in /boot so make sure they can find everything
# Have to move the bootcode out of the way for this to work, though
cd /path/to/new/boot && mv boot boot.blk && ln -svf . boot
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/boot/boot.config
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/loader
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/boot/loader.conf
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vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ufs/root"
vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zpool/filesystem" # if zfs root
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!! Tweaks if using serial console

/boot/boot.config
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-h -S115200
/loader -h -S115200             # if /boot is its own partition
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/boot/loader.conf
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console="comconsole,vidconsole" # or just comconsole, if there is no useful video hardware
comconsole_speed="115200"
boot_multicons="YES"            # pass -D to kenv (boot -D)
boot_serial="YES"               # pass -h to kenv (boot -h)
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!!! System configuration

/etc/fstab
* Pretty obvious

/etc/rc.conf
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hostname="hostname.domain.tld"
ifconfig_<adapter>="<config>"
sshd_enable="YES" # Unless you really want a deaf box
zfs_enable="YES"  # To auto-mount zfs filesystems; most useful when using ZFS root
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/etc/ttys
* Enable serial line, if using serial

/etc/localtime
* Link to or copy from the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo

/etc/group
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pw groupadd users -g 1000
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/etc/passwd
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Coming soon
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