freebsd installation order

[pwn]

andrew clarke escreveu:
> On Wed 2008-10-29 13:43:23 UTC+0000, pwn (pwnedomina at gmail.com) wrote:
>
>   
>> immediately after the installation of FreeBSD what steps should be  
>> performed by order
>> 1 - Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel
>> 2 - The Cutting Edge
>> 3 - Updating FreeBSD
>>
>> Is this the proper order?
>> there is some set of rules to be followed post-installation?
>> since, i do not find any reference mentioning the order that should be  
>> followed immediately after installation i would like to be informed if  
>> possible what will be the proper order to facilitate the maintenance of  
>> the operating system and the installation of new applications without  
>> conflicts or problems with ports.
>>     
>
> Re: Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel.  Depending on your hardware and
> software requirements you may need to configure the supplied GENERIC
> kernel, or perhaps even build your own custom kernel and configure
> that.  These days I think many people just use the GENERIC kernel and
> configure it from /boot/loader.conf.  For a desktop machine it may
> just be a single entry to load a kernel module for your sound card.
>
> If you do use a GENERIC kernel this has the advantage that you can run
> freebsd-update whenever there are important security updates to the
> kernel itself, and then those updates become immediately active after
> a reboot.  There is no need to rebuild the kernel, and very little
> downtime.
>
> Re: The Cutting Edge.  In simple terms I would not bother with any of
> this unless you want to be actively involved in the development of the
> operating system.  If you just want something that works reliably,
> stick with FreeBSD-RELEASE and use freebsd-update when you want to
> upgrade your FreeBSD version (eg. from 6.3 to 6.4).  freebsd-update is
> brilliant and really makes updating fairly painless.  Which leads me
> to...
>
> Re: Updating FreeBSD.  Every FreeBSD sysadmin should read this.  You
> should know how to install packages from the command-line using
> pkg_add (see the section called Installing Applications: Packages and
> Ports), and if you want to use the Ports system, learn how to use
> portsnap (another brilliant tool).
>
> Also, if you're using the Ports system (to build and install software
> from source code) I also recommend using portmaster, which isn't
> talked about in the Handbook, but is leaps and bounds over portupgrade
> (my personal opinion).
>
>   
>> thank you.
>>     
>
> Regards
> Andrew
>   

Andrew, nice answer very enlightening, the steps you mention im already 
familiar with them.
at this moment im using a customised kernel, FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE and 
all ports tree updated, i just want to know the ascending order that 
should be followed after an installation, thank you.