Category Archives: FreeBSD

How to install FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE with ZFS root Filesystem

–> I realize there are a number of articles and stories around about how to install FreeBSD with a ZFS root (and subsequently the complete filesystem is ZFS, of course). Since not all articles are about FreeBSD 8.2 but older … Continue reading

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10 useful commandline utilities for FreeBSD

Here’s a list of useful commandline utilities for FreeBSD. For all you admins out there… MTR MTR is a traceroute…sort of. It uses ping packets though, not the standard traceroute icmp packets (configurable)   SCREEN Screen keeps your terminal session … Continue reading

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Multiple ipaddresses on one device in FreeBSD

How To configure multiple ipaddresses on one ethernet device FreeBSD (7.x, 8.x) As it is possible to configure multiple host-/domain names for 1 ipaddress, it is also possible to configure multiple ipaddresses for one ethernet device. Physical ethernet card configuration … Continue reading

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