2 FreeBSD 11 Installer Notes for Minimal Installation in Virtual Box - RussellHaley/coreclr GitHub Wiki

The installer is a non-graphical tool so the mouse doesn't work. Use the up/down arrows, tab and enter to navigate. Continue with default keymap add [src] System Source Tree Default Auto (UFS) Entire Disk MBR DOS Partition Finish Commit

After the base packages are added:

Add root password In Network Setup select em0 and take all defaults Accpet your DHCP

Select your region and timezone

Accept ... and ...

Add a new user: yes Add a new user and accept the defaults. If you desire, select csh or tcsh as your default shell. You can change to bash later if you wish. accept the defaults and add a password. commit the changes and then say NO to another user. You will enter the final configuration

press Enter to exit. Say no to more modifications. Do not press reboot. Power off the machine.

#YES TO MODIFICATIONS:

sudo vim /etc/rc.conf

Add a line to the file (you can copy the existing em1 line):

ifconfig_em1="DHCP"

save the file then

sudo ifconfig em1 down sudo ifconfig em1 up

wait for about 15 seconds and then

ifconfig

and check for an address. If it reads 0.0.0.0 then wait for a couple of seconds then ifconfig again.