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freebsd:installation [2010/03/05 20:30] Toni Corvera Re-wrote error parts |
freebsd:installation [2010/03/07 03:14] Toni Corvera Enabling fuse |
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| To test [[http://p.outlyer.net|my programs]] against a POSIX system I use both a VM and a local installation of FreeBSD. | To test [[http://p.outlyer.net|my programs]] against a POSIX system I use both a VM and a local installation of FreeBSD. | ||
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| + | ===== VM install notes ===== | ||
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| + | **Don't use ne2k_pci as network card**, at least on my system (with ''kvm'') it produced lots of //"nic memory corrupt"// errors and network performance is painfully slow (network install is like going back to the modem days :-P) (Inside FreeBSD they're named ''edX'') | ||
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| + | HVM default (rtl8139?) works fine (Inside FreeBSD named ''reX'') | ||
| ===== Real hardware install ===== | ===== Real hardware install ===== | ||
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| * Reboot: | * Reboot: | ||
| * fdisk, disklabel, User, FTP, main site... and now it works. :? | * fdisk, disklabel, User, FTP, main site... and now it works. :? | ||
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| ===== System configuration ===== | ===== System configuration ===== | ||
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| * Small tricks: | * Small tricks: | ||
| * Fix arrow keys in vim: <code>$ touch ~/.vimrc # The existance of ~/.vimrc is equivalent to ":set nocompatible"</code> | * Fix arrow keys in vim: <code>$ touch ~/.vimrc # The existance of ~/.vimrc is equivalent to ":set nocompatible"</code> | ||
| - | * Common tools not installed by default: <code># pkg_add -r ImageMagick wget vim fusefs-kmod fusefs-sshfs</code>. Eable fuse FIXME ((''#kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko'')) | + | * Common tools not installed by default: <code># pkg_add -r ImageMagick wget vim fusefs-kmod fusefs-sshfs</code>. |
| + | * Enable fuse((''#kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko'')) and allow normal users to mount | ||
| + | * <code># echo fusefs_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf | ||
| + | # sysctl vfs.usermount=1 | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Upgrading ===== | ||
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| + | **untested yet** | ||
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| + | FIXME: Is there any safe way of live-upgrading? Is ''/sbin/sysinstall'' + Config -> Options -> Release name change discouraged? | ||
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| + | * Download bootonly ISO | ||
| + | * Keep note of partitioning scheme, will be needed | ||
| + | * Boot into bootonly ISO's ''sysinstall'' | ||
| + | * Run upgrade | ||