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Installing NextBSD on top of clean FreeBSD 10.x/11.x
## This was based on the 11.x image found at...
## ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-amd64-20150917-r287930-disc1.iso
pkg install -y git
cd /usr/src
git clone http://github.com/nextbsd/nextbsd .
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
reboot
## Enter single user mode "boot -s" from the loader prompt
mount -rw /
cd /usr/src
mergemaster -p (hit enter to all prompts)
make installworld
mergemaster -iU (skip if it doesn't work)
make delete-old
reboot
pkg install -y git
cd /usr/src
git clone http://github.com/nextbsd/nextbsd .
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
reboot
## Enter single user mode "boot -s" from the loader prompt
mount -rw /
cd /usr/src
mergemaster -p (hit enter to all prompts)
make installworld
mergemaster -iU (skip if it doesn't work)
make delete-old
reboot
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