lost and found ( for me ? ): install PC-BSD 9.1 32bit within Ubuntu 13.04 KVM

Here’s an explanation of how to build a PC-BSD VM within KVM.

I am newbie to FreeBSD / PC-BSD.

KVM info

# qemu-system-x86_64 –version

# libvirtd --version

libvirtd (libvirt) 1.0.2

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

# uname -ri

3.8.0-23-generic x86_64

build a PC-BSD VM with PCBSD9.1-x86-DVD.iso.

start virt-manager to build the VM

I specified OS type : UNIX , FreeBSD8.x , because there is no FreeBSD9.x in the VM list.

installing PC-BSD

after installing PC-BSD 9.1

enable sshd to allow SSH access from remote clients

on the BSD VM , start sshd

# /etc/rc.d/sshd start

stop PF

# pfctl –d

when enabling PF , issue “pfctl –e”

how to enable sshd and disable PF after rebooting the VM.

edit /etc/rc.conf as below and then reboot the VM.

# egrep sshd_enable /etc/rc.conf

sshd_enable="YES"

# egrep pf_enable /etc/rc.conf

pf_enable="NO"

# reboot

lost and found ( for me ? )