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Online.net account

On your Online.net account via console.online.net, go to:

  • “Server” dropdown menu, then “Servers list”.
  • Click on “Manage” on the right.
  • “Rescue” button.
  • As operating system select “Ubuntu 20.04 amd64”.
  • Then start the operation, you server will boot on the Ubuntu live CD.

Dedibox server

  • Log in the rescue live system through ssh with the provided ip/credentials.
  • The provided Ubuntu version is outdated (Ubuntu Saucy), so the apt repositories have to be modified before Qemu could be installed:
$ sudo -s
# apt update
# apt install qemu-kvm

Fetch a FreeBSD Installer ISO image:

# cd /tmp
# wget https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
# wget https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64
# sha256sum FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
d063e48b81b99005c8097e60377c23fb07e4116c5f0c0b41a5dc368fc4df6bf9  FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
# cat CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64 | grep FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
SHA256 (FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso) = d063e48b81b99005c8097e60377c23fb07e4116c5f0c0b41a5dc368fc4df6bf9

For the post-install network configuration step (/etc/rc.conf), try to figure out now what is your NIC model (Handbook: Locating the correct driver)

# lspci -v | grep Ethernet
00:14.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane

Original:

https://loicpefferkorn.net/2015/10/freebsd-10.2-release-on-a-dedibox-xc-server-online.net-with-root-on-zfs/