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Failing distribution checksum during FreeBSD automated install (bsdinstall)
I'm using the following installerconfig to automate the installation of FreeBSD (13.2-RELEASE):
export PARTITIONS=DEFAULT
export DISTRIBUTIONS="kernel.txz base.txz"
export HOSTNAME=freebsd
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Installing FreeBSD 13.1 fails right after booting
Machine:
motherboard: asus tuf gaming z490-plus(wifi)
cpu: i7-10700K
ram: 32gb ddr4
no dedicated GPU
What I've tried?
I've put on my pendrive (sandisk) with installed Ventoy, these files:
FreeBSD-...
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FreeBSD Installation
I have followed all the installation steps, installation is done but when I reboot it's not loading the host that I have created FreeBSD.local. It's loading by default root host.
Khirman Saleem
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Install FreeBSD from Linux (without booting from USB or CD)
Is there a way to get FreeBSD installed along Linux, working directly from this running Linux (as opposed to booting from installation image on USB-stick / CD).
E.g. I suppose something like this:
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FreeBSD starts in install menu after successful installation
I tried installing FreeBSD 12.0 from a USB, which went fine except that I had to do it in safe mode. After that there were no issues with the installation process save for networking.
Now that ...
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Can the contents of a FreeBSD jail be installed as the main OS?
Is it conceptually possible to take a FreeBSD jail and copy the contents to my root filesystem and expect it to boot up?
Note that because the jail doesn't have a kernel, I will have to copy that ...
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Cant figure Xorg Configure on Nvidia optimus and Bios Legacy on FreeBSD
I have a difficult thing to set up Xorg on my laptop nvidia optimus,
Allienware M11x R3
Intel i7-4xxx
Nvidia gt 540M and intel driver
Ram 8 GB
When i install Xorg on Freebsd and startx, it failed.
I ...
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How to reset FreeBSD install?
I was upgrading FreeBSD on my virtual host, from 10.0 to 11.1. While upgrading from 11.0 to 11.1 I was confronted with a large amount of files that had to be diffed and edited. I tried my best, failed,...
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Saving config/pkg dirs on existing BSD install for reuse on clean install, and safe ways to do it?
I haven't really got prior *nix systems experience to draw on, although I tried to set up a GUI based Linux some years back; this time I'm jumping directly to BSD because I like its philosophy and ...
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How to verify FreeBSD iso download?
I've just downloaded a FreeBSD 11.0 iso file from the FreeBSD website. I've also obtained the signed SHA512 and SHA256 checksum files. The website says that the checksum files are PGP-signed. How do I ...
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Create FreeBSD install image on USB stick from Windows
I want to create a install media on a USB memory stick to install FreeBSB 10.3.
I've downloaded a -memstick.img release then I followed the Procedure 2.2 from the FreeBSD handbook to copy the img ...
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Error while installing FreeBSD
I am trying to install FreeBSD 11 from USB using memstick.img file but during installation process I'm getting error about it can't find usb device and mountroot > is appearing. What should I do ?
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Cannot install PC BSD
Currently I am using Ubuntu. I wanted to try PC BSD so downloaded 10.2. On trying to install it on a separate primary partition(so that I can dual-boot) I am getting the following error.
Do anyone ...
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How do I install FreeBSD without bsdinstall?
I would very much like to install and generally configure FreeBSD from the command line without using bsdinstall UI. How do I prevent the live CD from starting into bsdinstall and more important is ...
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FreeBSD restore(8) confusion
I have successfully backed up the /, /usr and the var slices from an old machine.
I have tar files on my windows machine. I need to restore the original slices to a new machine (Virtual Machine). ...
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