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3<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> 3<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
4 4
5<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-freebsd.xml"> 5<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-freebsd.xml">
6<title>A short guide to Gentoo/FreeBSD</title> 6<title>A short guide to Gentoo/FreeBSD</title>
7 7
8<author title="Author"> 8<author title="Author">
9 <mail link="ignacio.arquelatour@gmail.com">Ignacio Arque-Latour</mail> 9 <mail link="ignacio.arquelatour@gmail.com">Ignacio Arque-Latour</mail>
10</author> 10</author>
11<author title="Author"> 11<author title="Author">
12 <mail link="citizen428@gentoo.org">Michael Kohl</mail> 12 <mail link="citizen428@gentoo.org">Michael Kohl</mail>
13</author> 13</author>
14<author title="Author"> 14<author title="Author">
15 Otavio R. Piske 15 Otavio R. Piske
16</author> 16</author>
17<author title="Author"> 17<author title="Author">
18 <mail link="ka0ttic@gentoo.org">Aaron Walker</mail> 18 <mail link="ka0ttic@gentoo.org">Aaron Walker</mail>
19</author> 19</author>
20 20
21<abstract> 21<abstract>
22This document gives some general information on FreeBSD, as well as 22This document gives some general information on FreeBSD, as well as
23installation instructions for Gentoo/FreeBSD. It also includes some reference 23installation instructions for Gentoo/FreeBSD. It also includes some reference
24for people interested in helping out with development. 24for people interested in helping out with development.
25</abstract> 25</abstract>
26 26
27<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> 27<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
28<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> 28<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
29<license/> 29<license/>
30 30
31<version>1.4</version> 31<version>1.5</version>
32<date>2005-09-21</date> 32<date>2005-10-06</date>
33 33
34<chapter> 34<chapter>
35<title>Introduction to FreeBSD</title> 35<title>Introduction to FreeBSD</title>
36<section> 36<section>
37<title>What is FreeBSD?</title> 37<title>What is FreeBSD?</title>
38<body> 38<body>
39 39
40<p> 40<p>
41<uri link="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</uri> is a free (<uri 41<uri link="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</uri> is a free (<uri
42link="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">license</uri>) 42link="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">license</uri>)
43Unix-like operating system. Back in 1993 when development of <uri 43Unix-like operating system. Back in 1993 when development of <uri
44link="http://www.386bsd.org/">386BSD</uri> stopped, two projects were born: 44link="http://www.386bsd.org/">386BSD</uri> stopped, two projects were born:
45<uri link="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</uri>, commonly known to run on a 45<uri link="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</uri>, commonly known to run on a
46huge number of architetures, and FreeBSD which focuses mainly on the x86 46huge number of architetures, and FreeBSD which focuses mainly on the x86
47platform. FreeBSD is renowned for its stability, performance and security, thus 47platform. FreeBSD is renowned for its stability, performance and security, thus
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153</p> 153</p>
154 154
155<pre caption="Creating a mount point and mounting partitions"> 155<pre caption="Creating a mount point and mounting partitions">
156# <i>mkdir /mnt/gfbsd</i> 156# <i>mkdir /mnt/gfbsd</i>
157<comment>(Replace X with the correct numbers for your hard disk.)</comment> 157<comment>(Replace X with the correct numbers for your hard disk.)</comment>
158# <i>mount /dev/adXsXa /mnt/gfbsd</i> 158# <i>mount /dev/adXsXa /mnt/gfbsd</i>
159</pre> 159</pre>
160 160
161<p> 161<p>
162Now that you have mounted the target partition, it is time to fetch and unpack 162Now that you have mounted the target partition, it is time to fetch and unpack
163a stage3 tarball. 163a stage3 tarball.
164</p> 164</p>
165 165
166<pre caption="Obtaining and unpacking a stage3 tarball"> 166<pre caption="Obtaining and unpacking a stage3 tarball">
167<comment>(Any other Gentoo mirror which includes the experimental/ directory will also work.)</comment> 167<comment>(Any other Gentoo mirror which includes the experimental/ directory will also work.)</comment>
168# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/x86/freebsd/stage3-x86-fbsd-20050811.tar.bz2</i> 168# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/x86/freebsd/stage3-x86-fbsd-20051005.tar.bz2</i>
169# <i>cp stage3-x86-fbsd-20050811.tar.bz2 /mnt/gfbsd/</i> 169# <i>cp stage3-x86-fbsd-20051005.tar.bz2 /mnt/gfbsd/</i>
170# <i>cd /mnt/gfbsd/</i> 170# <i>cd /mnt/gfbsd/</i>
171# <i>tar -jxvpf stage3-x86-fbsd-20050811.tar.bz2</i> 171# <i>tar -jxvpf stage3-x86-fbsd-20051005.tar.bz2</i>
172<comment>(You can delete the tarball with the following command if you want to.)</comment> 172<comment>(You can delete the tarball with the following command if you want to.)</comment>
173# <i>rm stage3-x86-fbsd-20050811.tar.bz2</i> 173# <i>rm stage3-x86-fbsd-20051005.tar.bz2</i>
174<comment>(Create a home directory for root.)</comment> 174<comment>(Create a home directory for root.)</comment>
175# <i>mkdir /mnt/gfbsd/root</i> 175# <i>mkdir /mnt/gfbsd/root</i>
176</pre> 176</pre>
177 177
178<p> 178<p>
179Before chrooting into the newly-extracted stage, you first must obtain a copy of 179Before chrooting into the newly-extracted stage, you first must obtain an up-to-date
180the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay. If you are not a Gentoo developer, you can get it 180copy of the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay. The easiest way to achieve this is to to get our latest
181from the mirror provided by <mail link="carpaski@gentoo.org">Nick Jones</mail>. 181snapshot which you than extract to <path>/usr/local/portage</path>.
182Theoretically, you could put this overlay in any directory you like, but from
183now on we will just assume that you have downloaded it to
184<path>/usr/local/portage/gentoo-freebsd</path>.
185</p> 182</p>
186 183
187<pre caption="Getting the Gentoo/FreeBSD portage overlay"> 184<pre caption="Getting the Gentoo/FreeBSD portage overlay">
188# <i>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@zarquon.twobit.net:/var/cvsroot -q -z9 co -R gentoo-projects/bsd/fbsd/</i> 185# <i>cd /usr/local/portage</i>
186# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/snapshots/portage-alt-overlay-latest.tar.bz2</i>
187# <i>tar -xjf portage-alt-overlay-latest.tar.bz2</i>
188</pre>
189
190<p>
191Alternatively, you can also use Subversion to check out the current version of the overlay.
192If you are interested in this possibility, please refer to the <uri
193link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/overlay.xml">Gentoo/ALT overlay
194documentation</uri>.
189</pre> 195</p>
190 196
191<p> 197<p>
192In order for your install to work, you need to mount the <path>/dev</path> 198In order for your install to work, you need to mount the <path>/dev</path>
193filesystem from the currently running system into the Gentoo/FreeBSD mount 199filesystem from the currently running system into the Gentoo/FreeBSD mount
194point before proceeding with the chroot. 200point before proceeding with the chroot.
195</p> 201</p>
196 202
197<pre caption="Mounting the /dev filesystem and chrooting"> 203<pre caption="Mounting the /dev filesystem and chrooting">
198# <i>mount -t devfs none /mnt/gfbsd/dev/</i> 204# <i>mount -t devfs none /mnt/gfbsd/dev/</i>
199# <i>chroot /mnt/gfbsd/ /bin/bash</i> 205# <i>chroot /mnt/gfbsd/ /bin/bash</i>
206# <i>source /etc/profile</i>
200</pre> 207</pre>
201 208
202<p> 209<p>
203After you got hold of the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay, it's time to link 210After you got hold of the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay, it's time to link
204<path>/etc/make.profile</path> to the correct profile and add get your 211<path>/etc/make.profile</path> to the correct profile and add get your
205<path>/etc/make.conf</path> ready for Gentoo/FreeBSD. 212<path>/etc/make.conf</path> ready for Gentoo/FreeBSD.
206</p> 213</p>
207 214
208<pre caption="Setting up the profile and editing /etc/make.conf"> 215<pre caption="Setting up the profile and editing /etc/make.conf">
209# <i>ln -sf /usr/local/portage/gentoo-freebsd/profiles/default-bsd/fbsd/5.4/x86/ /etc/make.profile</i> 216# <i>ln -sf /usr/local/portage/portage-alt-overlay/profiles/default-bsd/fbsd/5.4/x86/ /etc/make.profile</i>
210<comment>(FreeBSD's standard editor is ee, which is used to edit /etc/make.conf)</comment> 217<comment>(FreeBSD's standard editor is ee, which is used to edit /etc/make.conf)</comment>
211# <i>ee /etc/make.conf</i> 218# <i>ee /etc/make.conf</i>
212<comment>(Please make sure you add at least the following entries:)</comment> 219<comment>(Please make sure you add at least the following entries:)</comment>
213CHOST="i686-gentoo-freebsd5.4" 220CHOST="i686-gentoo-freebsd5.4"
214ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86-fbsd ~x86" 221ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86-fbsd ~x86"
215FEATURES="-sandbox collision-protect" 222FEATURES="-sandbox collision-protect"
216PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/gentoo-freebsd" 223PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/portage-alt-overlay"
217</pre> 224</pre>
218 225
219<p> 226<p>
220Now, you have to obtain a copy of the main Gentoo Portage tree, which depending 227Now, you have to obtain a copy of the main Gentoo Portage tree, which depending
221on your connection might take quite a while. 228on your connection might take quite a while.
222</p> 229</p>
223 230
224<pre caption="Obtaining the portage tree"> 231<pre caption="Obtaining the portage tree">
225# <i>emerge --sync</i> 232# <i>emerge --sync</i>
226</pre> 233</pre>
227
228<p>
229After you have synchronised your Portage tree, you only have to take a few last
230steps before your Gentoo/FreeBSD system is ready to use.
231</p>
232
233<pre caption="Final configuration">
234<comment>(Prevent crt1.o from getting removed by emerging gcc.)</comment>
235# <i>chflags schg /usr/lib/crt1.o</i>
236<comment>(Update the binutils installed by the stage3 tarball.)</comment>
237# <i>emerge -u binutils</i>
238<comment>(Select the correct gcc.)</comment>
239# <i>gcc-config 1</i>
240# <i>source /etc/profile</i>
241<comment>(Start the following script to fix a current bug in the stage3.)</comment>
242# <i>/usr/local/portage/gentoo-freebsd/scripts/domove.sh</i>
243<comment>(Re-emerge python, portage and py-freebsd.)</comment>
244# <i>emerge --nodeps python portage py-freebsd</i>
245</pre>
246
247<note>
248After gcc-config you will notice a message about GCC-SPECS which you can safely
249ignore.
250</note>
251 234
252<p> 235<p>
253Congratulations, by the time you have reached this step you should have a 236Congratulations, by the time you have reached this step you should have a
254running Gentoo/FreeBSD system! If you want, you can now rebuild the system's 237running Gentoo/FreeBSD system! If you want, you can now rebuild the system's
255core packages. 238core packages.
256</p> 239</p>
257 240
258<pre caption="Rebuilding the FreeBSD core packages"> 241<pre caption="Rebuilding the FreeBSD core packages">
259# <i>emerge -e system</i> 242# <i>emerge -e system</i>
260</pre> 243</pre>
261 244
262<impo> 245<impo>
263Please make absolutely sure you add your new Gentoo/FreeBSD installation to the 246Please make absolutely sure you add your new Gentoo/FreeBSD installation to the
264configuration of your bootloader, otherwise you won't be able to boot your newly 247configuration of your bootloader, otherwise you won't be able to boot your newly
265installed system! If you don't have another bootloader installed, you should use 248installed system! If you don't have another bootloader installed, you should use
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410<title>Known issues</title> 393<title>Known issues</title>
411<body> 394<body>
412 395
413<p> 396<p>
414At the moment, there are still quite a lot of known issues. Here are the ones 397At the moment, there are still quite a lot of known issues. Here are the ones
415really worth noting: 398really worth noting:
416</p> 399</p>
417 400
418<ul> 401<ul>
419 <li> 402 <li>
420 Some init scripts depend on the clock service which we don't provide right 403 Some init scripts depend on the clock service which we don't provide right
421 now. You can just remove it from the dependencies of the script and report 404 now. You can just remove it from the dependencies of the script and report
422 that on our <uri link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/">bugzilla</uri>. Please 405 that on our <uri link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/">bugzilla</uri>. Please
423 remember to use the "Gentoo BSD" product for your submission. 406 remember to use the "Gentoo BSD" product for your submission.
424 </li> 407 </li>
425 <li>
426 Some ebuilds have hardcoded -ldl flags to link against libdl to get
427 <c>dlopen()</c>. This needs to be fixed (for further information, please
428 consult our <uri link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/maintnotes.xml#doc_chap3">
429 our Gentoo/*BSD Technotes Guide</uri>.
430 </li>
431 <li>glib and gnome in general need a lot of fixes to be backported.</li> 408 <li>glib and gnome in general need a lot of fixes to be backported.</li>
432</ul> 409</ul>
433 410
434</body> 411</body>
435</section> 412</section>
436</chapter> 413</chapter>
437 414
438<chapter> 415<chapter>
439<title>Contact</title> 416<title>Contact</title>
440<section> 417<section>
441<body> 418<body>
442 419
443<p> 420<p>
444A list of Gentoo/FreeBSD developers can be found at the <uri 421A list of Gentoo/FreeBSD developers can be found at the <uri
445link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/">project page</uri>. Other ways to contact 422link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/">project page</uri>. Other ways to contact
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