FreeBSD Install

qemu setup and running

• Download the VM image here.
• Start with:

  qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
  -name "freebsddev" \
  -smp 12 -m 24G -cpu host \
  -monitor stdio \
  -netdev tap,id=tapnet0,ifname=tapNAME,script=no,downscript=no \
  -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=tapnet0,mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx \
  -device qemu-xhci,id=xhci \
  -device usb-tablet,bus=xhci.0,port=1 \
  -device virtio-sound-pci,audiodev=snd0 \
  -audiodev pipewire,id=snd0 \
  -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on \
  -drive file=/path/to/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-amd64-ufs.qcow2,if=virtio \
  -boot order=dc

• Set root password with: # passwd
• I ran out of room rather quickly. For UFS, I fixed that with:
  • Shutting off vm and using: $ qemu-img resize file.qcow2 80G
  • Downloading a boot only image and then booting into the VM with that and:
    • # gpart resize -i 4 vtbd0
    • # growfs vtbd0p4
  • Reboot into the VM

System setup

• Install your favorite utilities: # pkg install tmux htop vim-tiny
• (Optional) Install your window manager: # pkg install awesome lightdm
• ...

FreeBSD dev

Cross compile rootfs

• $ git clone git clone https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git
• $ cd src
• $ MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=$HOME/aarch64-obj make -j `nproc` buildworld TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64
• $ MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=$HOME/aarch64-obj make -j `nproc` installworld DESTDIR=$HOME/aarch64 TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64
• $ MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=$HOME/aarch64-obj make -j `nproc` distribution DESTDIR=$HOME/aarch64 TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64

Cross compile kernel

• $ MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=$HOME/aarch64-obj make -j `nproc` TODO TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64
• TODO