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date = "2014-03-29T05:03:18-07:00"
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title = "FreeBSD Challenge, Day 16"
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slug = "freebsd-challenge-day-16"
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Busy day with other things than play computers, but I found a little
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time. I have FreeBSD 10-STABLE loaded with the custom WiFi hack on my
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[Elitebook Revolve
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810](http://notebookplanet.blogspot.com/2013/04/hp-elitebook-revolve-810-g1-tablet.html)
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. I would have to let it try to boot off the USB stick. After multiple
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tries, it would finally run the installer. I tried ZFS a few times, but
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if I did not select MBR format for the partition table, then it would
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not boot (no OS error). With MBR and ZFS, it would fail to mount the ZFS
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filesystem with \<strong\>error 2\</strong\>. After trying the various
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fixes listed on-line, I gave up and went with MBR and UFS.
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Once installed, it was fairly easy to get going. I have not configured
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it to take on the role of daily driver yet. If I have time tomorrow,
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then I will do it then, otherwise, it will have to wait a bit as I am
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getting on a plane this weekend, and I will not have room for the second
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computer. I will try to get it as far as I can with ssh.
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The neat thing I found based on [this email post from
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2005](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-April/083317.html)
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and [this blog post](http://www.freebsdonline.com/content/view/829/524/)
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is that I can have a fancy screensaver at the console! Pretty rad. :)
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Next steps will be improving the screen resolution in
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text-mode.\</body\>\</html\>
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