KERNEL CUSTOM BUILD
Major INFO! TAKE ALWAYS the GENERIC FILE of the LAST RELEASE AS Template to copy it to CUSTOM cause much Changes done there!
Current:
1. Make Backup of the System Disk (dd = disk dump)
2. Use a copy of the current updated "GENERIC" Kernel Config File !! (located /usr/src/sys/amd64-or-i386/GENERIC)
3. If you want to upgrade to 9.0 use GENERIC-File of FreeBSD 9.0 !!! path /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC make a copy named "CUSTOM" and edit it to modify
4. Download the current sources of the Base System wget ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz
5. Extract it to /usr/src with
tar -C / -xvzf src.txz
6. cp GENERIC to custom
cp /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/custom
7. Edit custom and change "Desciption" inside "GENERIC" to "CUSTOM", delete lines of unwanted modules, save and exit CUSTOM file. 8. Rebuild world with:
cd /usr/src make -s buildworld
9. Build Custom Kernel
make -s buildkernel KERNCONF=custom
10. Install Custom Kernel
make -s installkernel
11. Reboot to Single Mode or Remote via SSH disable most uneeded services at /etc/rc.conf with "#", but not SSH !!!
12. Install World
mergemaster -p make -s installworld mergemaster -i
13. enable services at /etc/rc.conf remove "#" and Reboot the FreeBSD Server
14. TEST THE SYSTEM + DO SECURITY CHECKS! (sockstat -4 / -6 = open Ports)
Old 7.XX:
- insert Freebsd i386 CD (netinstall) - Boot Server from CD - select keyboard for your Country - select Custom Expert Install at Install Mananger "sysinstall" - make a "minimal" setup - reboot - login as root - start $sysinstall - select distributions - select src - select base+tools+sys - install sources from ftp.freebsd.org exit sysinstall mananger - as root go $cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf download "custom" Kernelfile from here - copy into custom into /usr/src/sys/i386/conf - run as root: $/usr/sbin/config custom $cd ..compile/custom $make cleandepend $make depend $make $make install $make clean