FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server.

This post describes one way of customizing and updating FreeBSD.

Updating the src and ports trees

# vi /etc/csupfile
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*default host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9_0
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
src-all
*default tag=.
ports-all
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# /usr/bin/csup -g -L 2 /etc/csupfile

Customizing the system

# mkdir /root/kernels
# cp /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC /root/kernels/CUSTOM
# ln -s /root/kernels/CUSTOM /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/CUSTOM

# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster
# make clean all install
# make clean
# rehash

# portmaster -d misc/rpl
# rehash

# rpl GENERIC CUSTOM /root/kernels/CUSTOM

# vi /etc/make.conf
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KERNCONF=CUSTOM
WITHOUT_X11=yes
WITHOUT_ATM=yes
WITHOUT_IPX=yes
WITHOUT_NIS=yes
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# vi /etc/src.conf
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WITHOUT_ATM=yes
WITHOUT_I4B=yes
WITHOUT_IPX=yes
WITHOUT_NIS=yes
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# vi /root/kernels/CUSTOM
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options         IPDIVERT
options         IPFIREWALL
options         IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
options         IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100
options         IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
options         IPFIREWALL_FORWARD

device          disc
device          pf
device          pflog
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Updating the system

# cd /usr/src
# make clean
# make cleandir
# make cleanworld
# make -j4 buildworld
# make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM
# make installkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM

## reboot in single user mode
# boot -s
# fsck -p
# mount -u /
# mount -a -t ufs
# swapon -a
# adjkerntz -i
# /etc/rc.d/hostid start
# mergemaster -p
# cd /usr/src
# make install
# make installworld
# mergemaster -i
# reboot

Updating the ports

# portmaster -a -d -n
# portmaster -a -d