Kraityn = Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (
notes)
uname -aKU
FreeBSD Kraityn 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT main-n286725-ea130fa32099 GENERIC-NODEBUG arm64 1600018 1600018
Download
FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20260616-3b69c7201fd0-286653.img
Initial Set-up
Continue from ssh
freebsd
passwd

Change
freebsd user password
passwd
Time Sync
bsdconfig
Update
su -
pkg update -f
pkg upgrade
sync && shutdown -r 'now'
Software
General
su -
pkg install en-freebsd-doc htop libressl
Specs
fastfetch lsblk
clear && fastfetch -l 'freebsd_small' && uname -aKU && date
ssh '192.168.1.152' -t 'clear && fastfetch -l 'freebsd_small' && uname -aKU && date'
Non-Debug Kernel
su -
pkg install 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic-nodebug'
ee '/boot/loader.conf'
kernel="kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG"
pkg remove 'FreeBSD-kernel-generic'
echo 'abort:false,confirm_conf:false,abort_conf:false,percpu_arena:phycpu,dirty_decay_ms:-1,muzzy_decay_ms:-1,stats_print:false,junk:false,zero:false,utrace:false,xmalloc:false,zero_realloc:free,trust_madvise:true,retain:true' | tee '/etc/malloc.conf' > '/dev/null'
Settings
loader.conf
Alira
su -
ee '/boot/loader.conf'
kernel="kernel.GENERIC-NODEBUG"
autoboot_delay="1"
hw.bge.allow_asf="0"
Default
ssecurity.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=0
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"
rc.conf
Alira
su -
ee '/etc/rc.conf'
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
syslogd_flags="-ss"
hostname="Alira"
ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.1.152 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
ifconfig_bge0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
sshd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="NO"
nginx_enable="YES"
php_fpm_enable="YES"
vsftpd_enable="YES"
mysql_enable="YES"
Drive Maintenance
Scripts
Updater
-

Following few commands are done from regular user and
not root
exit
mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && ee ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'
#!/bin/sh
'/usr/sbin/pkg' update -f
'/usr/sbin/pkg' upgrade -y
'/usr/sbin/pkg' autoremove -y
'/usr/sbin/service' 'vsftpd' stop
'/bin/sync'
'/sbin/shutdown' -r 'now' 'FreeBSD OS Updater'
# End
su 'root' -c ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'
cron
Updater
su -
ee '/etc/cron.d/freebsd-updater'
#
SHELL=/bin/sh
0 6 * * * root '/home/espionage724/.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'
# End
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