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This page contains some notes on installing FreeBSD “by hand” using official dists.

Partition… (will be added later)

# mount /dev/gpt/sys-root0 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# tar xpf /dist/amd64/9.0-BETA1/base.txz 
# tar xpf /dist/amd64/9.0-BETA1/kernel.txz 
# mount -p | sed -nE -e 's/2 2/1 1/' -e '/\/mnt/s/\/mnt/\//p' > /mnt/etc/fstab

Enable serial console:

# echo '-D' > boot.config
# sed -i "" -e '/tty[du]0/s/off/on/' /mnt/etc/ttys