Setup notes for FreeBSD with VirtIO on Iaas platform of ProfitBricks, Berlin.
How?
Setup a server with storage, choose IDE as bus
Add a CD/DVD with a FreeBSD image
Install FreeBSD
Add VirtIO drivers, change fstab
Change bus settings from IDE to VirtIO
Reboot
Install VirtIO drivers from http://people.freebsd.org/~kuriyama/virtio/9.1/virtio-kmod-9.1-0.242658.tbz
Boot FreeBSD using a hard drive attached through an IDE bus for your first boot:
Change system settings:
Change filesystem mounts, from:
to:
You can also add another volume (for /usr in this case):
Install FreeBSD ports:
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