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The installer does not change anything in the boot process of the PC. Since there was GRUB installed on it, it was no problem booting FreeBSD with the following entry: | The installer does not change anything in the boot process of the PC. Since there was GRUB installed on it, it was no problem booting FreeBSD with the following entry: | ||
menuentry "FreeBSD" --class freebsd --class bsd --class os { | menuentry "FreeBSD" --class freebsd --class bsd --class os { | ||
insmod ufs2 | |||
insmod bsd | |||
set root=(hd0,msdos10) | |||
kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel | |||
kfreebsd_loadenv /boot/device.hints | |||
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s9 | |||
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw | |||
set kFreeBSD.hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 | |||
} | } | ||
[https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/109278/84643 Credits] | [https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/109278/84643 Credits] | ||
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Chainloading, as some sources state, would not work, because the FreeBSD installer did not write the boot code to the boot sector of the partition. | Chainloading, as some sources state, would not work, because the FreeBSD installer did not write the boot code to the boot sector of the partition. | ||
== | == Configuration == | ||
=== Setting a different language === | |||
== Running MATE Desktop Environment == | In /etc/rc.conf: | ||
keymap="de" | |||
In ~/.profile: | |||
LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 | |||
export LANG | |||
=== Setting video mode (EFI) === | |||
In <code>/boot/loader.conf</code>: | |||
console="vidconsole" | |||
efi_max_resolution="1080p" | |||
[https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports Credits] | |||
== Software == | |||
=== Essential packages === | |||
pkg install nano bash dfc wget htop | |||
=== Running MATE Desktop Environment === | |||
Installation: | Installation: | ||
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sysrc slim_enable="YES" | sysrc slim_enable="YES" | ||
echo "exec mate-session" >> ~/.xinitrc | echo "exec mate-session" >> ~/.xinitrc | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 23 November 2023
Install side-by-side with Linux on a BIOS computer
Installation
In my experiment with FreeBSD 12 I was not able to create a partition for FreeBSD using the installer. So I created an unformatted partition using gparted in Linux, which got the number "sda9" in Linux. However, FreeBSD's installer still did not let me choose that partition for installation. So I had to choose to manually format and mount the partition from the command line:
newfs /dev/ada0s9 mount /dev/ada0s9 /mmt
After that I had to create a "fstab" file in a directory called "bsdinstall_etc":
mkdir bsdinstall_etc echo "/dev/ada0s9 / ufs 0 0" > /bsdinstall_etc/fstab
As soon as I pressed Ctrl+D to leave the shell, installation would start.
Booting
The installer does not change anything in the boot process of the PC. Since there was GRUB installed on it, it was no problem booting FreeBSD with the following entry:
menuentry "FreeBSD" --class freebsd --class bsd --class os {
insmod ufs2
insmod bsd
set root=(hd0,msdos10)
kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel
kfreebsd_loadenv /boot/device.hints
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s9
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
set kFreeBSD.hw.psm.synaptics_support=1
}
Chainloading, as some sources state, would not work, because the FreeBSD installer did not write the boot code to the boot sector of the partition.
Configuration
Setting a different language
In /etc/rc.conf:
keymap="de"
In ~/.profile:
LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 export LANG
Setting video mode (EFI)
In /boot/loader.conf:
console="vidconsole" efi_max_resolution="1080p"
Software
Essential packages
pkg install nano bash dfc wget htop
Running MATE Desktop Environment
Installation:
pkg install -y mate mate-desktop xorg slim
Configuring:
sysrc dbus_enable="YES" sysrc slim_enable="YES" echo "exec mate-session" >> ~/.xinitrc