FreeBSD II: Updating and Optimizing
Posted by theBlatherskite Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:55:00 GMT
I recently wrote about installing FreeBSD. In the month since, I’ve been consistently Googling for information on various upgrade and maintenance tasks. Now that I’ve succeeded, I’m compiling the results here for others to use. This article will cover updating (and using) the ports tree, customizing and optimizing the kernel, and rebuilding everything to make the changes stick. I consider this a necessary intermediate step between a bare OS install and a fully-functional server (although the server stuff does tend to be more engaging – at least for me. I’ve gotta admit I cheated a bit and wrote up my experiences installing Lighttpd, Mongrel, and Pound before cracking down on this article).
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