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Install FreeBSD 14.0 on Hetzner server

Hetzner no longer offers direct install of FreeBSD, but we can do it ourselves. Here is how :)

Boot the hetzner server in Hetnzer Debain based rescue mode. ssh into it. then:

wget https://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/iso/14/amd64/mfsbsd-14.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso

qemu-system-x86_64 \

pkgsrc builds on macOS have historically been significantly more unreliable than all other operating systems.

In my most recent builds there were over 400 instances of the error:

pkg_add: no pkg found for '<pkgname>', sorry.

Hetzner no longer offers direct install of FreeBSD, but we can do it ourselves. Here is how :)

Boot the Hetzner server in Hetzner Debian based rescue mode. ssh into it.

The Hetzner rescue image will tell you hardware details about the server in the login banner. For example, with one of my servers I see:

	# Licensed under CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
	# Derived works must attribute https://gist.github.com/4492300 at the beginning, and the date.

	##################################################################
	Installing and Configuring SmartOS at Hetzner (with a /29)
	##################################################################

	# This is another version of Jahewson's Gist here: https://gist.github.com/jahewson/4492300 that adds a gate to prevent packets
	from leaking out from the main MAC address.

	#!/bin/sh

	# https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

	# Make sure system is updated
	apt -y update
	apt -y upgrade

	# Add Docker's official GPG key

	#!/bin/sh
	exec tail -n +3 $0
	# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
	# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
	# the 'exec tail' line above.

	menuentry "SmartOS" {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	insmod gzio

	#!/bin/bash

	# Usage notes:
	# 1. Make sure that pandoc is installed.
	# 2. Place all your contents for each chapter of your devlog into
	# `./chap1/content.md`, `./chap2/content.md`, etc.
	# 3. This script will source a file in each chapter called METAINFO.inc. This
	# file is optional and can contain two variable declarations:
	# AUTHOR="Name Of Author"
	# DATE="Date or publication"

	#!/bin/sh
	# make it executable `chmod +x ddns-update`
	# move it path `mv ddns-update /usr/bin/`
	# setup cronjob for every 15 minutes `crontab -e`
	# /15 * * * ddns-update >/dev/null 2>&1
	# dont forget to change your own domain & password

	# uncomment if you want internet connection check before running
	#while ! ping -c 1 -W 1 8.8.8.8; do
	# echo "DDNS-UPDATE: Waiting internet connection.."

	;; There seems to be no built-in mechanism to swap modifier keys in
	;; Emacs, but it can be accomplished (for the most part) by
	;; translating a near-exhaustive list of modifiable keys. In the case
	;; of 'control and 'meta, some keys must be omitted to avoid errors or
	;; other undesired effects.
	(defun my/make-key-string (modsymbol basic-event)
	"Convert the combination of MODSYMBOL and BASIC-EVENT.
	BASIC-EVENT can be a character or a function-key symbol. The
	return value can be used with `define-key'."
	(vector (event-convert-list `(,modsymbol ,basic-event))))