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Install FreeBSD 14.1 on Hetzner server

Hetzner no longer offers direct install of FreeBSD, but we can do it ourselves. Here is how :)

Boot the server into rescue mode

Boot the Hetzner server in Hetzner Debian based rescue mode. ssh into it.

The Hetzner rescue image will tell you hardware details about the server in the login banner. For example, with one of my servers I see:

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Do I want to die on this hill?

• Pass: This is morally good and if not handled has long term consequences
• Fail: This if self serving

Am I including everyone?

• Pass: My ego is not driving this conversation
• Fail: The people in this conversation will only tell me I'm right and not push back

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Guide: Run FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac (MacBook Pro M1, etc) with HVF acceleration (Hypervisor.framework)

This guide was adapted from https://gist.github.com/niw/e4313b9c14e968764a52375da41b4278#running-ubuntu-server-for-arm64

Running FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE for ARM64

1. Install Xcode from App Store or install Command Line Tools on your Mac running on Apple Silicon.

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

#
# Please note: Frame rate of 25 fps is hardcoded.
# Adapt or generalize according to what you need.
#

set -euxo pipefail

echo "$1"

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git.example.com {
    proxy / localhost:3000

    tls {
        dns cloudflare
    }
}

www.example.com {
    root /var/www/com.example/frontend/

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/.idea/
/cmake-build-debug/
/dungeon

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use std::env;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::Write;
use std::path::Path;

// https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#case-study-code-generation

fn static_assets (mut f_dest: File, const_name: &str, root_dir: &Path, relpath_asset: &str)
{
    f_dest.write_all(b"static ").unwrap();