User:Devalnor/DevalnorWorkNotes

Revision as of 02:28, 5 March 2008

VMWARE based : http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#freebsd6.3

Change default language for the console:

      1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.login.conf
      2. Add the lines
         me:\
         :charset=ISO-8859-1:\
         :lang=de_DE.ISO8859-1: (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

   Run sysinstall, then Configure> Console

Networking

   Run sysinstall, then Configure> Networking> Interfaces> lnc0. Let it DHCP probe for an address.

Apply software updates (notes there is not port collection installed)

   For core software (i.e. not in FreeBSD ports), run freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install
   For software installed from FreeBSD ports, look at the portupgrade tool (see pkg_info portupgrade)

Install Subversion

   pkg_add -r subversion
   csh