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

Boot Setup

Regular

/boot/loader.conf

  • loader_logo="beastie"
  • kernel="GENERIC"
  • opensolaris_load="YES" (if zfs root)
  • zfs_load="YES" (if zfs root)

Tweaks if /boot is its own partition

/boot/boot.config

  • /loader

/boot/loader.conf

  • vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ufs/root"
  • vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zpool/filesystem" (if zfs root)

Tweaks if using serial console

/boot/boot.config

  • -h -S115200
  • /loader -h -S115200 (if /boot is its own partition)

/boot/loader.conf

  • 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))