Do not judge harshly.
Today installed FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 and decided to share with applicants.
* applicants/competitors - people who are looking for information on the same topic. Sorry for my English.
Create USB Flash. **Be sure to read "D" section.
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Now I have FreeBSD any version, and ftp/wget software.
Section A:
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Download FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img,
Section B:
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Connect your USB Flash device and clear it. My Flash detect how /dev/da0:
Section C:
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Create LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 RC-1 Flash.
Section D:
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Rewrite parameters of your LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 Flash. My Flash has one slice - it detected how /dev/da0a:
* I added opportunity write in root (and others) sectors on LiveUSB.
If you have 4K sector size in your HDD, add it parameters in loader.conf. In any case, you can use the alignment of 4k.
[!] Further in the text, we will focus on the alignment of 4k sector size.
[!] My HDD detected how /dev/ada0. If you have device /dev/ada1 - you must write how: kern.cam.ada.1.quirks="1" .. etc.
Create partition on your HDD.
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Section A:
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Run LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 with your USB Flash device.
[!] No the disconnect your FreeBSD LiveUSB.
* In your BIOS choose option boot from USB device.
Section B:
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You are run LiveUSB FreeBSD 9 and choose button <Live CD> in "Welcome" window. Okay, you have root access in LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 RC-1 OS.
Enter:
login: root
password: <empty>
Section C:
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To check the settings.
* If you use 4k sector size alignment, and added 'kern.cam.ada.N.quirks' in /boot/loader.conf, you should get the following result:
* We can see "Stripesize: 4096", else you see "Stripesize: 512" bytes.
Section D:
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Clear all partitions of your HDD.
* We will use the gpart. Details available here. Thank wblock @.
Now I have one partition:
** If you have some others partition (2, 3, 4 ... 128) - remove it. If you do not do this - You can not run 'gpart destroy ada0'. You will receive a message: "Device busy!".
Delete MBR sector (or other old scheme).
Section E:
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Create new partition scheme on your HDD.
Create GPT scheme.
** In -b and -s flags use next cliche: Xk for Kb, Xm for Mb, Xg for Gb or empty, etc X - for bloks.
** I will use a 4k aligned and I use -a flag.
Set the boot loader.
Result for my HDD:
Checking the alignment:
[!] echo stripoffset % stripsize | bc - should be 0.
- it is good.
Section F:
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Create file system.
Use journaling softupdates SU+J - you should be use -j flag:
* Sectors /root and /tmp has only magazine (use beeg -J flag), other has -SU+J scheme.
Install FreeBSD 9.0 on your HDD.
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* For that I loved BSDINSTALL (against SYSINSTALL) - because you can turn off BSDINSTALL!
* Do not reboot and continue to work on!
Section A:
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Mount all slices for your system.
Section B:
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Install system.
I recommend create folder on your USB Flash and create next scripts:
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Run it:
* Do not have time to drink tea! Do not go!
Section C:
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Create /etc/fstab file.
Open /mnt/f9/etc/fstab file, and write it:
Section D:
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At the end of...
You can immediately skip to step 2.
1. Now you can further customize your system.
Mount /dev slice and change the root point:
* Once you're done (setting the Internet, installing ports, rebuild the kernel, etc.) exit this mode and go to step 2.
2. Unmount sectors and reboot your computer.
* If something can not unmount use: umoutt -f <mount_point>
[!] Do not forget to disconnect the USB Flash.
[!] After load real system rewrite root password.
Today installed FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 and decided to share with applicants.
* applicants/competitors - people who are looking for information on the same topic. Sorry for my English.
Create USB Flash. **Be sure to read "D" section.
--------------------------------------------------
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Now I have FreeBSD any version, and ftp/wget software.
Section A:
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Download FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img,
Code:
# mkdir ~/freebsd && cd ~/freebsd
# wget "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC1-i386-memstick.img"
Section B:
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Connect your USB Flash device and clear it. My Flash detect how /dev/da0:
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=4
Section C:
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Create LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 RC-1 Flash.
Code:
# dd if=FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=64k
Section D:
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Rewrite parameters of your LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 Flash. My Flash has one slice - it detected how /dev/da0a:
Code:
# moutn -t ufs /dev/da0a /mnt
# echo "/dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install / ufs rw,noatime 1 1" > /mnt/etc/fstab
If you have 4K sector size in your HDD, add it parameters in loader.conf. In any case, you can use the alignment of 4k.
[!] Further in the text, we will focus on the alignment of 4k sector size.
Code:
# echo 'kern.cam.ada.0.quirks="1"' >> /mnt/boot/loader.conf
Create partition on your HDD.
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Section A:
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Run LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 with your USB Flash device.
Code:
# umount /mnt && reboot now
* In your BIOS choose option boot from USB device.
Section B:
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You are run LiveUSB FreeBSD 9 and choose button <Live CD> in "Welcome" window. Okay, you have root access in LiveUSB FreeBSD 9.0 RC-1 OS.
Enter:
login: root
password: <empty>
Section C:
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To check the settings.
* If you use 4k sector size alignment, and added 'kern.cam.ada.N.quirks' in /boot/loader.conf, you should get the following result:
Code:
# geom disk list ada0
Geom name: ada0
Providers:
1. Name: ada0
Mediasize: 320072933376 (298G)
Sectorsize: 512
Stripesize: 4096
Stripeoffset: 0
Mode: r0w0e0
descr: ST9320423AS
ident: (null)
fwsectors: 63
fwheads: 16
Section D:
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Clear all partitions of your HDD.
* We will use the gpart. Details available here. Thank wblock @.
Code:
# gpart show ada0
=> 63 312581745 ipsd0 MBR (298G)
63 11293632 1 !12 [active] (5.4G)
11293695 301288113 - free - (298G)
Code:
# gpart delete -i 1 ada0
** If you have some others partition (2, 3, 4 ... 128) - remove it. If you do not do this - You can not run 'gpart destroy ada0'. You will receive a message: "Device busy!".
Code:
# gpart delete -i 2 ada0
# gpart delete -i 3 ada0
...
# gpart delete -i 128 ada0
Delete MBR sector (or other old scheme).
Code:
# gpart destroy ada0
Section E:
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Create new partition scheme on your HDD.
Create GPT scheme.
Code:
# gpart create -s GPT ada0
** In -b and -s flags use next cliche: Xk for Kb, Xm for Mb, Xg for Gb or empty, etc X - for bloks.
** I will use a 4k aligned and I use -a flag.
Code:
# gpart add -s 512k -a 4k -t freebsd-boot -l "boot" ada0
# gpart add -b 1m -s 2g -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l "root" ada0
# gpart add -s 4g -a 4k -t freebsd-swap -l "swap" ada0
# gpart add -s 4g -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l "var" ada0
# gpart add -s 4g -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l "tmp" ada0
# gpart add -s 32g -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l "usr" ada0
# gpart add -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l "home" ada0
Set the boot loader.
Code:
# gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0
bootcode written to ada0
Result for my HDD:
Code:
# gpart show ada0
=> 34 625142381 ada0 GPT (298G)
34 6 - free - (3.0k)
40 1024 1 freebsd-boot (512k)
1064 4194304 2 freebsd-ufs (2.0G)
4195368 8388608 3 freebsd-swap (4.0G)
12583976 8388608 4 freebsd-ufs (4.0G)
20972584 8388608 5 freebsd-ufs (4.0G)
29361192 67108864 6 freebsd-ufs (32G)
96470056 528672352 7 freebsd-ufs (252G)
625142408 7 - free - (3.5k)
Checking the alignment:
Code:
# diskinfo -v ada0
ada0
512 # sectorsize
320072933376 # mediasize in bytes (298G)
625142448 # mediasize in sectors
4096 # stripsize
0 # stripoffset
620181 # Cylinders according to frimware.
16 # Heads according to frimware.
63 # Sectors according to frimware.
5VH4CYKB # Disk ident.
Code:
# echo 0 % 4096 | bc
0
Section F:
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Create file system.
Use journaling softupdates SU+J - you should be use -j flag:
Code:
# newfs -J /dev/gpt/root
# newfs -j /dev/gpt/var
# newfs -J /dev/gpt/tmp
# newfs -j /dev/gpt/usr
# newfs -j /dev/gpt/home
Install FreeBSD 9.0 on your HDD.
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* For that I loved BSDINSTALL (against SYSINSTALL) - because you can turn off BSDINSTALL!
* Do not reboot and continue to work on!
Section A:
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Mount all slices for your system.
Code:
# mkdir -p /mnt/f9
# mount /dev/gpt/root /mnt/f9
# cd /mnt/f9
# mkdir -p boot var tmp usr
# chmod 1777 boot var tmp usr
# cd ~/
# mount /dev/gpt/var /mnt/f9/var
# mount /dev/gpt/tmp /mnt/f9/tmp
# mount /dev/gpt/usr /mnt/f9/usr
# mkdir -p /mnt/f9/usr/home
# mount /dev/gpt/home /mnt/f9/usr/home
Section B:
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Install system.
I recommend create folder on your USB Flash and create next scripts:
Code:
# mkdir -p /lorddevil
# cd /lorddevil/
# vi setupdevil
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Where will unpack the system.
rootsector='/mnt/f9'
# Whence do we unpack the system.
cd /usr/freebsd-dist
# Installation options (use the following packages):
# * All others pkg: doc.txz ports.txz src.txz
# * For x86 CPU (minimal): base.txz kernel.txz
# * For amd64 CPU (minimal): base.txz kernel.txz lib32.txz
# I use: "x86 CPU (minimal)":
for i in base.txz kernel.txz;
do (cat ${i} | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${rootsector:-/}); done
exit 0
:wq!
Run it:
Code:
# chmod 1555 setupdevil
# ./setupdevil
Section C:
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Create /etc/fstab file.
Open /mnt/f9/etc/fstab file, and write it:
Code:
/dev/gpt/swap none swap sw 0 0
/dev/gpt/root / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/gpt/var /var ufs rw 2 2
/dev/gpt/tmp /tmp ufs rw 2 2
/dev/gpt/usr /usr ufs rw 2 2
/dev/gpt/home /usr/home ufs rw 2 2
Section D:
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At the end of...
You can immediately skip to step 2.
1. Now you can further customize your system.
Mount /dev slice and change the root point:
Code:
# mount -t devfs /dev /mnt/f9/dev
# chroot /mnt/f9 /bin/sh
* Once you're done (setting the Internet, installing ports, rebuild the kernel, etc.) exit this mode and go to step 2.
Code:
# exit
2. Unmount sectors and reboot your computer.
Code:
# umount /mnt/f9/usr/home
# umount /mnt/f9/usr
# umount /mnt/f9/tmp
# umount /mnt/f9/var
# umount /mnt/f9
# reboot now
* If something can not unmount use: umoutt -f <mount_point>
[!] Do not forget to disconnect the USB Flash.
[!] After load real system rewrite root password.