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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):
mkdir /mnt/dvd
Mount DVD1:
mount -t cd9660 -o -e /dev/cd0 /mnt/dvd
Create the directory to hold the packages:
mkdir -p /var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/
Copy the packages from DVD to the local directory (recursive (R) and verbose (v)):
cp -Rv /mnt/dvd/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/ /var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32/
Copy the DVD repository file to the /etc/pkg/ as DVD.conf
cp /mnt/dvd/packages/repos/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf /etc/pkg/DVD.conf
Edit the contents of /etc/pkg/DVD.conf to:
FreeBSD_DVD: { url: "file:///var/packages/freebsd:10:x86:32", mirror_type: "none", enabled: yes }
Update the package catalog to include the FreeBSD_DVD repository:
pkg update
Install X.org and a desktop environment (MATE)
Install the packages:
pkg install xorg mate
Configure startx to start the MATE desktop environment by adding the following to ~/.xinitrc:
exec ck-launch-session mate-session
Install the NVIDIA driver for a GeForce 6800 Series graphics card
See: 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):
pkg install nvidia-driver-304 nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
Add to /etc/rc.conf:
linux_enable="YES"
Add to /boot/loader.conf:
nvidia_load="YES"
Let nvidia-xconfig generate the xorg.config:
nvidia-xconfig