Install FreeBSD over SSH
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Author: Momchil Ivanov <momchil@xaxo.eu>
Date  : 2013.07.26

Introduction
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  This article describes a method of installing FreeBSD over a SSH
  connection.

Method
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  Start sysinstall(8) and choose from the menu:

    1. Configure
    2. Fdisk

  Alternatively one can partition the disk by executing:

    # fdisk -i /dev/ad0

  The next step is to create the BSD label, see [1]. After labeling,
  you create the file systems and mount them under /mnt:

    # newfs /dev/ad0s1a
    # newfs /dev/ad0s1d
    # newfs /dev/ad0s1e
    # newfs /dev/ad0s1f

    # mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt
    # cd /mnt
    # mkdir var usr tmp
    # mount /dev/ad0s1d var
    # mount /dev/ad0s1e tmp
    # mount /dev/ad0s1f usr

  Go back to sysinstall(8) in the menu:

    1. Custom
    2. Options

  Set path to /mnt. Select the desired components from the menu
  "Distribution". Next select the FTP settings and commit.

References
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  1: M. Ivanov, Manually Label Using bsdlabel(8), 2013.07.26

  2: Freebsd install without sysinstall.
  http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=1538