Notes in the VM image I'm creating:

  * i386, 9.0-RC2
  * 40 GB HD
  * Two network cards (#1 is NAT, #2 is host-only)
  * Basic 9.0-RC2 install
  * Hostname: "gcin"
  * Timezone set to UTC
  * root password "gcin"
  * Both network interfaces set to DHCP
  * vesa_load="YES" and loader_logo="orb" in /boot/loader.conf
  * sshd, moused, powerd enabled in rc.conf, sendmail_enable="NONE"
  * allscreens_modes="MODE_276" in /etc/rc.conf
  * In ~root/.cshrc (make things a little more user-friendly)
    * setenv      PACKAGESITE     ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest/
    * set prompt="%B%n@''%%hostname -s%%''%b:%/ %h% "
    * set autolist=ambiguous
  * Packages installed:
    * bash
    * xorg
    * subversion
    * virtualbox-ose-additions
    * docproj
    * gnome2
    * vim
    * emacs
    * nano
    * open-vm-tools???
  * xorg configured
  * hald, dbus, virtualbox-additions enabled in rc.conf
  * User created: gcin (password gcin)
  * %%FreeBSD%% source checked out as user gcin:
    * mkdir -p gcin2011/stable/9
    * svn co svn:%%//%%svn.freebsd.org/base/head/ gcin2011/head
    * svn co svn:%%//%%svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 gcin2011/stable/9
    * svn co http://freebsd9-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/branches/gcin2011/doc doc
  * chown gcin /usr/src /usr/obj
  * "%%UseDNS%% no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  * /etc/motd updated
  * edit /etc/rc to "cat /etc/motd"
  * ~gcin/.xinitrc set up to start GNOME

  * Clear disk to allow VM to compress better (dd if=/dev/zero of=/file; rm /file)