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FreeBSD 15 VirtualBox quick start

15.0-RELEASE pre-installed. AMD64.

1. https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/15.0-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/
2. FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-zfs.vhd.xz
3. decompress the flie
4. in VirtualBox, use the media tab to add then resize the .vhd file
5. create a FreeBSD guest with the resized disk
6. choose VBoxSVGA

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1. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwdqbq1/?context=2 under post 1pq7qci
2. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwdr78v/?context=1 under post 1pq7qci
3. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwfglk9/?context=3 under post 1pq7qci involving removal of a comment from ETN
4. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwfhjrg/?context=1 under post 1pq7qci
5. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwimgms/?context=3 under post 1pq7qci involving removal of a comment from ETN, moderator STRIKE ONE
6. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pq7qci/-/nwjgftj/?context=2 under post 1pq7qci involving removal of two comments from ETN, moderator CLOSE TO STRIKE TWO
7. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pyab53/-/nwipu7n/?context=2 under post 1pyab53 ETN seeking a backstory, promising to not leak
8. https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pymcte/-/ post 1pymcte (ETN, 2025-12-29)
9. https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5

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Adding the FreeBSD-src-16 base package to inferior versions of FreeBSD, for the FreeBSD-base 15 repo keys

For https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/#upgrade-rc and the like.

Where a pair of cp commands involves these two paths – a file, and a directory file:

/usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release
/usr/src/share/keys/pkgbase-15

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grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> VBoxManage startvm removable
Waiting for VM "removable" to power on...
VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'removable' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~ [1]> sudo dmesg | grep -i vbox
[sudo: authenticate] Password: 
[   65.864631] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[   65.878166] vboxdrv: Found 8 processor cores/threads
[   65.894652] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 2494209944 Hz
[   65.894659] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 7.2.4 r170995 (interface 0x00340001)

grahamperrin

Script started on Sat Nov  8 22:52:14 2025
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh
/bin/sh: /bin/tcsh: not found
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # which ee
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # pkg install -qy FreeBSD-csh FreeBSD-ee FreeBSD-bsdconfig
Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/man...
Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/openssl/man...
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # fetch https://tinyurl.com/desktop-alfix

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Script started on Sun Nov  9 00:32:47 2025
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh
/bin/sh: /bin/tcsh: not found
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # which ee
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # mkdir -p /dist
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist
root@fifteen-beta5:~ # cd /dist/usr/freebsd-packages/offline
root@fifteen-beta5:/dist/usr/freebsd-packages/offline # ls -hln FreeBSD-bsdconfig-15* FreeBSD-csh-15* FreeBSD-ee-15*
-rw-r--r--  1 0 0  184K Nov  7 12:44 FreeBSD-bsdconfig-15.0.b5.20251107103050.pkg
-rw-r--r--  1 0 0  373K Nov  7 12:44 FreeBSD-csh-15.0.b5.20251107103050.pkg

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Script started on Sat Nov  1 15:59:36 2025
# mount | grep cd
/dev/iso9660/15_0_BETA4_AMD64_DVD on / (cd9660, local, read-only)
# which csh
# ee
/bin/sh: ee: not found
# nano
/bin/sh: nano: not found
# pkg install -qy FreeBSD-ee FreeBSD-csh FreeBSD-bsdconfig nano
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-base has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database

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Script started on Tue Oct 28 21:44:47 2025
root@beta-3:~ # echo $SHELL

/bin/tcsh
root@beta-3:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU

15.0-BETA3
15.0-BETA3
15.0-BETA3
FreeBSD 15.0-BETA3 releng/15.0-n280772-74a6de9f9625 GENERIC amd64 1500068 1500068

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Script started on Mon Oct 27 05:11:46 2025
root@fourteen-two:~ # echo $SHELL

/bin/tcsh
root@fourteen-two:~ # pkg repos -e | grep url | sort

    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly",
root@fourteen-two:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU

14.2-RELEASE

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FreeBSD Installer: using the installer's offline packages

The rough guide below is for:

• FreeBSD-15.0-ALPHA5-amd64-20251004-1c0898edf28f-280541-dvd1.iso

After a minimimal installation of FreeBSD

Before first boot: