Installation Freebsd 8.2

Annexe A : Installation FreeBSD 8.2

The following is the guide step by step to install FreeBSD 8.2.

1. Choosing the country :

2. Select standard installation :

3. Using FDISK to create the partition for FreeBSD. Note that the operating system FreeBSD will be installed in this partition which has subtype 165

27 4. Choosing the boot manager : If you install in the Virtual Box, I recommend choosing Standard option If you install with another Linux system (for example Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu must be install first, after that FreeBSD), choosing NONE (Do not install a boot manager). After finishing installation, reboot computer, you won ?t see boot menu for FreeBSD. Don ?t worried, enter to Ubuntu and add the following line at the end of file : /etc/grub.d/40 custom : ------menuentry ‘FreeBSD 8.2’ { set root= ’(hd0,2)’ chainloader +1 } ------Replace 2 in (hd0,2) with the index of partition where FreeBSD installed. ------Run: #sudo update-grub ------Reboot computer, you will see the menu in which you can enter to FreeBSD 5. Disklaber Editor

6. Choosing distribution you want to install : We choose Minimal with the smallest conﬁguration possible. If you want more packet, you can install later.

7. Choose installation media : 8. Conﬁgure Ethenet network devices :

9. Try DHCP conﬁguration :

10. Conﬁguration others function :

11. Reboot computer, you have just installed FreeBSD. Now you need to update ports to intall another packet later : Login as root user and type the following command :

------ensi1# mkdir /usr/ports ensi1# portsnap fetch ensi1# portsnap extract ------

The FreeBSD Ports offers a simple way for users and administrators to install applications. There are currently 22462 ports available. So it will take a quite of time. 12. If you want to have graphical interface, you need to install xorg first. Type the flowing command : ------ensi1# whereis xorg ensi1# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg ensi1# make -DBATCH install clean ------The option DBATCH to install with defaut option, so you don ?t have to be on the desk to check all options. It will take about 45 minutes to 1 hours, so take a cup of coffee and come back later. If you want to install gnome2, type the following command :

------ensi1# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 ensi1# make -DBATCH install clean ------

Add the following line at the end of ﬁle /etc/rc.conf (using #vi /etc/rc.conf) :

------gdm_enable="YES" gnome_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" ------

If you want to install XFCE4, type the following command :

------ensi1# cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 ensi1# make -DBATCH install clean ensi1# cd /usr/ports/x11/xdm ensi1# make install clean ------

Add the following line at the end of ﬁle /etc/rc.conf (using vi /etc/rc.conf):

------dbus_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" xdm_enable="YES" ------

After reboot, you need to start XFCE by the command :

------#startxfce4 ------