Remote installation of FreeBSD

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  • Download the special edition mfsBSD USB memstick image
https://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/images/14/amd64/mfsbsd-se-14.1-RELEASE-amd64.img
or build it:

: cd dir
mkdir DIST
fetch -o DIST https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/14.2-RELEASE/base.txz
fetch -o DIST https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/14.2-RELEASE/kernel.txz
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mmatuska/mfsbsd
cd mfsbsd
: 

  • # dd if=mfsbsd-se-14.1-RELEASE-amd64.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M


where /dev/sda is the boot drive.


On FreeBSD before running this command GEOM safety features should be disabled:


# sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16


  • Reboot
    • 

  • Login as root, password: mfsroot
    • 

  • mkdir /mnt/dist
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  • mount /dev/ada0p3 /mnt/dist
    • 

  • mkdir /usr/freebsd-dist
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  • cp /mnt/dist/14.1-RELEASE/*.txz /usr/freebsd-dist/
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  • umount /mnt/dist
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  • bsdinstall








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