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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-freebsd.xml">
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<title>A short guide to Gentoo/FreeBSD</title>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="ignacio.arquelatour@gmail.com">Ignacio Arque-Latour</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="citizen428@gentoo.org">Michael Kohl</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="angusyoung@gentoo.org">Otavio R. Piske</mail>
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</author>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="ka0ttic@gentoo.org">Aaron Walker</mail>
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</author>
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<abstract>
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This document gives some general information on FreeBSD, as well as
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installation instructions for Gentoo/FreeBSD. It also includes some reference
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for people interested in helping out with development.
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</abstract>
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
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<license/>
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<version>2.5</version>
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<date>2006-05-26</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>Introduction to FreeBSD</title>
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<section>
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<title>What is FreeBSD?</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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<uri link="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</uri> is a free (<uri
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link="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html">license</uri>)
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Unix-like operating system. Back in 1993 when development of <uri
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link="http://www.386bsd.org/">386BSD</uri> stopped, two projects were born:
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<uri link="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</uri>, commonly known to run on a
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huge number of architectures, and FreeBSD which supports the x86, amd64, ia64,
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sparc64 and alpha platforms.FreeBSD is renowned for its stability, performance
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and security, thus being used from small to huge companies all over the world.
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FreeBSD's current production release version is 6.1, which is also used as the
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foundation for the Gentoo/FreeBSD project. The previous 5.x branch is being
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continued by the FreeBSD project as a service release, but is no longer worked
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on by the Gentoo/FreeBSD developers.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>What is Gentoo/FreeBSD?</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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<uri link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/">Gentoo/FreeBSD</uri> is a subproject
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of the <uri link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/">Gentoo/Alt project</uri>, with the
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goal of providing a fully-capable FreeBSD operating system featuring design
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sensibilities taken from Gentoo Linux, such as the init system and the Portage
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package management system.
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</p>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>FreeBSD and Linux</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Users migrating from Linux to FreeBSD commonly consider the two operating
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systems "almost the same". In fact, FreeBSD really shares a lot of similarities
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with Linux distributions in general. Nevertheless, it has some key differences
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that are worth noting:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Contrary to Linux, which actually only refers to the kernel, FreeBSD is a
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complete operating system, consisting of a C library, userland tools and
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much more. This development approach makes the overall system very
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consistent.
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</li>
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<li>
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Contrary to the Linux kernel, FreeBSD development is not led by one person,
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but instead managed by a small group of people called the <uri
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link="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-core.html">Core
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Team</uri>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Besides, FreeBSD also has some technical differences which set it apart
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from Linux. Some of them are very important to know, even if you don't plan on
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joining the Gentoo/FreeBSD development effort:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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To get run-time dynamic linking functions like <c>dlopen()</c>, programs do
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not need to be linked against libdl like on GNU/Linux. Instead they are
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linked against libc.
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</li>
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<li>
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FreeBSD doesn't have an official tool for kernel compilation, thus you'll
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have to resolve feature dependencies on your own.
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</li>
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<li>
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FreeBSD uses UFS/UFS-2 as its filesystems and has no official support for
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e.g. ReiserFS or XFS. However, there are projects for adding read-only
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support for these filesystems. Accessing ext2/ext3 partitions is already
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possible, but you cannot install your system on them.
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</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Installing Gentoo/FreeBSD</title>
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<section>
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<title>Installation instructions</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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After this short introduction, it's about time to finally install
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Gentoo/FreeBSD. Unfortunately, we currently lack our own installation media, so
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you have to choose between two alternative installation methods. The first
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would be to use an existing FreeBSD installation to partition your hard drive
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and use it as a base for installing Gentoo/FreeBSD. Alternatively, you can also
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use the excellent <uri link="http://www.freesbie.org/">FreeSBIE LiveCD</uri> as
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an installation medium for Gentoo/FreeBSD.
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</p>
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<note>
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If you are intending to use FreeSBIE for installing Gentoo/FreeBSD, please make
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sure to use a version based on FreeBSD 6.0! Experimental versions can be downloaded
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from <uri link="http://torrent.freesbie.org/">FreeSBIE's Bittorrent tracker</uri> and
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version 20060118 has been tested to work for the purposes described in this document.
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</note>
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<note>
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We use <c>ee</c> as a default editor in this guide but you can choose
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<c>vim</c>, <c>nano</c> or any other editor you like to configure your system.
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</note>
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<p>
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Before you can begin with the installation, you have to setup a hard disk for
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use with Gentoo/FreeBSD. This can either be done via <c>sysinstall</c>
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(available from a current FreeBSD installation as well as from within FreeSBIE)
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or by manually using the commands <c>fdisk</c>, <c>disklabel</c> and <c>newfs</c>.
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If you have never set up a FreeBSD system before, <c>sysinstall</c> may be the
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better option for you. In that case make sure that you don't use the sysinstall
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launched by FreeBSD's or FreeSBIE's installers, but use the following command instead:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Partitioning with sysinstall">
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# <i>sysinstall diskPartitionEditor diskPartitionWrite diskLabelEditor diskLabelCommit</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you face difficulties
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while partitioning or formatting your hard disks, have a look at the great
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<uri link="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</uri> or hop onto <c>#gentoo-bsd</c> on the Freenode IRC server.
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</p>
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<p>
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Once you're done setting up your disks, you have to create a mount point for
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your Gentoo/FreeBSD installation and mount all the necessary partitions.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Creating a mount point and mounting partitions">
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# <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo</i>
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<comment>(Replace X with the correct numbers for your hard disk.)</comment>
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# <i>mount /dev/adXsXa /mnt/gentoo</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you're using the FreeSBIE LiveCD and you already had an UFS partition on
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your hard disk, it has already been mounted read-only to <path>/mnt/ufs.1</path>.
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If you want to use that location for your installation, you'll have to remount it
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in read-write mode:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Remounting a partition in read-write mode">
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# <i>mount -u -o rw /mnt/ufs.1</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Now that you have mounted the target partition, it is time to fetch and unpack
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a stage3 tarball.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Obtaining and unpacking a stage3 tarball">
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# <i>cd /mnt/gentoo/</i>
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<comment>(Any other Gentoo mirror which includes the experimental/ directory will also work.)</comment>
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# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/x86/freebsd/stages/gentoo-freebsd-6.1-stage-20060509.tar.bz2</i>
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# <i>tar -jxvpf gentoo-freebsd-6.1-stage-20060509.tar.bz2</i>
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<comment>(You can delete the tarball with the following command if you want to.)</comment>
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# <i>rm gentoo-freebsd-6.1-stage-20060509.tar.bz2</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Before chrooting into the newly-extracted stage, you first must obtain an
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up-to-date copy of the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay. The easiest way to achieve this
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is to to get our latest snapshot which you then extract to
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<path>/mnt/gentoo/usr/local/portage</path>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Getting the Gentoo/FreeBSD Portage overlay">
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# <i>cd /mnt/gentoo/usr/local/portage</i>
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# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/snapshots/portage-alt-overlay-latest.tar.bz2</i>
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# <i>tar -xjf portage-alt-overlay-latest.tar.bz2</i>
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<comment>(You now can safely delete the snapshot with the following command.)</comment>
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# <i>rm portage-alt-overlay-latest.tar.bz2</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Alternatively, you can also use Subversion to check out the current version of
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the overlay. If you are interested in this possibility, please refer to the
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<uri
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link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/contribute/index.xml?part=1&chap=3">Gentoo/ALT
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overlay documentation</uri>.
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</p>
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<p>
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In order for your install to work, you need to mount the <path>/dev</path>
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filesystem from the currently running system into the Gentoo/FreeBSD mount
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point before proceeding with the chroot.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Mounting the /dev filesystem and chrooting">
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# <i>mount -t devfs none /mnt/gentoo/dev/</i>
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# <i>cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc</i>
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# <i>chroot /mnt/gentoo/ /bin/bash</i>
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# <i>source /etc/profile</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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After you got hold of the Gentoo/FreeBSD overlay, it's time to link
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<path>/etc/make.profile</path> to the correct profile and add get your
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<path>/etc/make.conf</path> ready for Gentoo/FreeBSD.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now, you have to obtain a copy of the main Gentoo Portage tree, which depending
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on your connection might take quite a while.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Obtaining the Portage tree">
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# <i>emerge --sync</i>
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<comment>(It's also possible to retrieve the Portage tree in another way:)</comment>
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# <i>cd /</i>
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# <i>wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2</i>
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# <i>tar -xjf portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C /usr/</i>
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# <i>emerge --metadata</i>
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</pre>
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<pre caption="Setting up the profile and editing /etc/make.conf">
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# <i>ln -sf /usr/portage/profiles/default-bsd/fbsd/6.1/x86/ /etc/make.profile</i>
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<comment>(FreeBSD's standard editor is ee, which is used to edit /etc/make.conf)</comment>
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# <i>ee /etc/make.conf</i>
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<comment>(Please make sure you add at least the following entries:)</comment>
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CHOST="i686-gentoo-freebsd6.1"
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86-fbsd"
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FEATURES="-sandbox collision-protect"
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PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/portage-alt-overlay"
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</pre>
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<note>
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You can have a very limited system by using ~x86-fbsd keyword alone; you might
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want to put ~x86 in your ACCEPT_KEYWORDS if you want access to more packages
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but you might find broken dependencies and non-working packages; please rather
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use package.keywords when testing packages and report working ones on <uri
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link="http://bugs.gentoo.org">Bugzilla</uri> for the product Gentoo/Alt.
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</note>
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<p>
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In order to boot correctly, you will need to create the <path>/proc</path>
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directory.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Creating the /proc directory">
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# <i>mkdir /proc</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you want, you can now rebuild the system's core packages.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Rebuilding the FreeBSD core packages (optional)">
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# <i>emerge -e system</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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When you did <c>emerge -e system</c>, the sources for the FreeBSD kernel got
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installed to <path>/usr/src/sys</path>. If you skipped this step, you can get
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them in the following way:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Getting the FreeBSD kernel sources">
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# <i>emerge freebsd-sources</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Configuring and compiling a custom kernel is really different from compiling
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Linux, so if you are not familiar with the process we encourage you to have a
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look at <uri
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link="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html">
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chapter 8</uri> of the FreeBSD handbook.
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</p>
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<p>
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Please note that currently only the "Traditional" way of building the kernel is
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supported on Gentoo/FreeBSD! Also note that <c>make install</c> will probably
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ask you for a <path>/boot/device.hints</path> file. A default version can be
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found in the <path>conf</path> subdirectory of the <c>GENERIC</c> configuration
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and is called <path>GENERIC.hints</path>.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now is the time to do some basic system configuration and settings. First, we
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are going to setup the filesystem mounting points in <path>/etc/fstab</path>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Editing the filesystem in /etc/fstab">
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# <i>ee /etc/fstab</i>
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<comment>(This is an example, replace X and Y with the correct numbers for your hard disk.)</comment>
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#Device Mountpoint Fstype Options Dump Pass
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/dev/adXsYb none swap sw 0 0
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/dev/adXsYa / ufs rw 1 1
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/dev/adXsYe /usr/home ufs rw 2 2
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/dev/adXsYd /tmp ufs rw 2 2
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/dev/acdX /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
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</pre>
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<p>
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Now would also be a good time to set up your network connection before the final
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reboot.
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</p>
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<p>
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You can find all the information necessary to configure your network in the
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=1">Gentoo
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Handbook</uri>.
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</p>
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<p>
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To have your network interface activated at boot time, you have to add it to
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the default runlevel.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Adding your network adapter to the default runlevel">
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# <i>rc-update add net.rl0 default</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Your system's hostname can be changed in <path>/etc/conf.d/hostname</path>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Setting up the machine's hostname">
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# <i>ee /etc/conf.d/hostname</i>
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<comment>(Set the HOSTNAME variable to your hostname)</comment>
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HOSTNAME="tux"
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</pre>
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<p>
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You should also configure your domain name, which is done in the
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<path>/etc/conf.d/domainname</path> file:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Setting the domainname">
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# <i>ee /etc/conf.d/domainname</i>
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<comment>(Set the DNSDOMAIN variable to your domain name)</comment>
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DNSDOMAIN="homenetwork"
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you have a NIS domain, you need to define it in the
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<path>/etc/conf.d/domainname</path> file:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Setting the NIS domainname">
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# <i>ee /etc/conf.d/domainname</i>
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<comment>(Set the NISDOMAIN variable to your NIS domain name)</comment>
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NISDOMAIN="my-nisdomain"
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</pre>
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<p>
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In case you need to use another keyboard layout for your language, you have to
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set the correct value in <path>/etc/conf.d/syscons</path>. The following example
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uses the Spanish layout, so you'll have to adjust it to your need if you want to
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use another one.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Changing your keyboard layout (Optional)">
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# <i>ee /etc/conf.d/syscons</i>
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KEYMAP="spanish.iso.acc"
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<comment>(Possible layouts can be found in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps).</comment>
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</pre>
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<impo>
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Please make absolutely sure you add your new Gentoo/FreeBSD installation to the
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configuration of your bootloader, otherwise you won't be able to boot your newly
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installed system! If you don't have another bootloader installed, you should use
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<c>boot0</c>, as it is currently the only one supported by FreeBSD. In this case
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please don't forget to use your other operating systems to <c>boot0</c>'s
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configuration.
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</impo>
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<pre caption="Installing and setting up boot0">
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# <i>emerge boot0</i>
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<comment>(Leave the chroot environment)</comment>
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# <i>exit</i>
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<comment>(Issued from outside the chroot)</comment>
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# <i>fdisk -B -b /mnt/gentoo/boot/boot0 /dev/adX</i>
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# <i>chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash</i>
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# <i>disklabel -B adXsY</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you need additional information on setting up <c>boot0</c>, please consult
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<uri
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link="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot.html">chapter
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12</uri> of the FreeBSD handbook.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now would be a good time to set a password for the <c>root</c> user and to add
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another user account for your day-to-day work.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Changing the root password and adding a new user">
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# <i>passwd</i>
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<comment>(If you need help in adding a user please consult the FreeBSD handbook).</comment>
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# <i>adduser</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Congratulations, you have just finished your Gentoo/FreeBSD installation which
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you can start exploring after the final reboot. Have fun!
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</p>
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<pre caption="Rebooting the system">
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# <i>exit</i>
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# <i>reboot</i>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Developing for Gentoo/FreeBSD</title>
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<section>
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<title>How to help</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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There are many things you could help with, depending on your skill level and
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spare time:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Working on current ebuilds: this means working closely with ebuild
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maintainers in order to create patches or modify ebuilds in a way that can
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be accepted into the main tree.
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</li>
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<li>
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Security: if you are into security, we need you! Although security
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| 479 |
advisories from the FreeBSD project are tracked and fixed, we can always
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use help in this area.
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</li>
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<li>
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Contacts: we need people who can get in touch with FreeBSD developers to
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| 484 |
maintain contacts between us and the original project to exchange patches
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| 485 |
and discuss various problems and their solutions. Note that this should
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| 486 |
never involve any kind of spamming of mailing lists or IRC channels.
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</li>
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<li>
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Testing: the more people are actively using Gentoo/FreeBSD, the more bugs
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| 490 |
will be discovered, which helps us improving the quality of the port. If
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| 491 |
you are good at describing bugs or problems, we definitely want to hear
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| 492 |
from you.
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</li>
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<li>
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Other areas where we need help include: system ebuilds, baselayout,
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creation of installation CDs, documentation, kernel hacking.
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</li>
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</ul>
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| 500 |
</body>
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| 501 |
</section>
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<section>
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<title>Known issues</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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| 508 |
At the moment, there are still quite a lot of known issues. Here are the ones
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| 509 |
really worth noting:
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| 510 |
</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Some init scripts depend on the clock service which we don't provide right
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| 515 |
now. You can just remove it from the dependencies of the script and report
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| 516 |
that on our <uri link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/">bugzilla</uri>. Please
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| 517 |
remember to use the "Gentoo BSD" product for your submission.
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| 518 |
</li>
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| 519 |
<li>glib and gnome in general need a lot of fixes to be backported.</li>
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| 520 |
<li>
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| 521 |
The init system currently provided by Gentoo/FreeBSD's baselayout package is
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| 522 |
not the same version used by Gentoo Linux and lacks some of its features. Work
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| 523 |
on making newer versions working is underway.
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| 524 |
</li>
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| 525 |
</ul>
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| 527 |
</body>
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| 528 |
</section>
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| 529 |
</chapter>
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| 530 |
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| 531 |
<chapter>
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| 532 |
<title>Contact</title>
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| 533 |
<section>
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| 534 |
<body>
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| 535 |
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| 536 |
<p>
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| 537 |
A list of Gentoo/FreeBSD developers can be found at the <uri
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| 538 |
link="/proj/en/gentoo-alt/bsd/fbsd/">project page</uri>. Other ways to contact
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| 539 |
Gentoo/FreeBSD developers include our IRC Channel <c>#gentoo-bsd</c> on
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| 540 |
Freenode, as well as the <uri link="/main/en/lists.xml">gentoo-bsd mailing
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| 541 |
list</uri>.
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| 542 |
</p>
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| 543 |
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| 544 |
</body>
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| 545 |
</section>
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| 546 |
</chapter>
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