This page contains some notes on installing FreeBSD "by hand" using official dists.
Partition... (will be added later)
# mount /dev/gpt/sys-root0 /mnt # cd /mnt # tar xpf /dist/amd64/9.0-BETA1/base.txz # tar xpf /dist/amd64/9.0-BETA1/kernel.txz # mount -p | sed -nE -e 's/2 2/1 1/' -e '/\/mnt/s/\/mnt/\//p' > etc/fstab # printf "%s\t%s\t\t\t%s\t%s\t\t%d %d\n" /dev/gpt/sys-swap swap swap sw 0 0 >> etc/fstab
Enable serial console:
# echo '-D' > boot.config # sed -i "" -e '/tty[du]0/s/off/on/' etc/ttys