This tutorial outlines how to install a FreeBSD minimal setup using version 7.2.
Instead of trying to put the whole process into writing I thought that a “screen by screen” approach would be a better idea. I hope the screenshots speak for themselves. Note that I’ve included every single screen and taken the screenshots after selecting the options (so you know what I chose).
It might look a bit daunting when you see that there are over 40 screenshots, but bear in mind that most of them are simple yes or no questions or alert messages. I just thought I would include as much detail as I could since there is nearly no accompanying text.
After the system restarts it should boot your newly installed FreeBSD operating system.
Before you continue working with your system I would strongly suggest to make sure the hostname is set correctly and that it resolves to itself. First, determine your hostname using the following command:
# hostname
intranet.mydomain.com
In his example I chose “freebsdbox” as the hostname and “localdomain’ as the domain during the installation. If we were setting up a server to go live at server1.example.com you would probably want to set the host name to “server1″ and the domain to “example.com”. To change the hostname open /etc/rc.conf as root in a text editor and edit the file:
# ee /etc/rc.conf
Using the arrow keys, scroll down until you find the line that specifies the host name of the FreeBSD system. By default, this section says:
### Basic network options: ###
hostname="localhost.my.domain" # Set this!
Change this section to match the hostname you want to use:
### Basic network options: ###
hostname="freebsdbox.localdomain" # Set this!
Then open your hosts file in the editor:
# ee /etc/hosts
Change all the host items to match:
::1 localhost.freebsdbox.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 freebsdbox.localdomain localhost
192.1.0.123 freebsdbox.localdomain freebsdbox
192.1.0.123 freebsdbox.localdomain.
Tags: FreeBSD
