======Operating System - BSD - FreeBSD - Notes======

=====Misc=====
/var/cache/pkg/ contains a copy of all packages installed with "pkg install".


=====FreeBSD-10.1-i386=====

====Make the packages from DVD available in a local repository=====
Create the DVD mount point (//personal preference, not required//):
<code>
mkdir /mnt/dvd
</code>

Mount DVD1:
<code>
mount -t cd9660 -o -e /dev/cd0 /mnt/dvd
</code>

Create the directory to hold the packages:
<code>
mkdir -p /var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/
</code>

Copy the packages from DVD to the local directory (recursive (R) and verbose (v)):
<code>
cp -Rv /mnt/dvd/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/ /var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/
</code>

Copy the DVD repository file to the /etc/pkg/ as DVD.conf
<code>
cp /mnt/dvd/packages/repos/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf /etc/pkg/DVD.conf
</code>

Edit the contents of /etc/pkg/DVD.conf to:
<code>
FreeBSD_DVD: {
    url: "file:///var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32",
    mirror_type: "none",
    enabled: yes
}
</code>

Update the package catalog to include the FreeBSD_DVD repository:
<code>
pkg update
</code>

=====Install X.org and a desktop environment (MATE)=====

Install the packages:
<code>
pkg install xorg mate
</code>

Configure startx to start the MATE desktop environment by adding the following to ~/.xinitrc:
<code>
exec ck-launch-session mate-session
</code>

=====Install the NVIDIA driver for a GeForce 6800 Series graphics card=====
// See: [[http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html|NVIDIA - What's a legacy driver?]] for a list of which driver version to use for which graphics card. //

Install the driver package (//will also install linux compatibility based on CentOS 6.6//):
<code>
pkg install nvidia-driver-304 nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
</code>

Add to /etc/rc.conf:
<code>
linux_enable="YES"
</code>

Add to /boot/loader.conf:
<code>
nvidia_load="YES"
</code>

Let nvidia-xconfig generate the xorg.config:
<code>
nvidia-xconfig
</code>