From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 06:34:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A67C61065670 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:34:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CB68FC0C for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:34:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5I6Y6lq052954 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:34:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C1B135E.2050406@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:34:06 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cipher crypted References: <346196.99538.qm@web57204.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <346196.99538.qm@web57204.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: BSD Subject: Re: Obtaining / downloading latest release of freeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:34:12 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/06/2010 02:53:25, cipher crypted wrote: > I am a bit slow when it comes to downloads, and I have been consumed > by this slowness in trying to download/obtain your latest release of > FreeBSD (8.0, I think). I visited your "get FreeBSD page and clicked on > your "amd64 distribution" link, and couldn't figure out what or how to > download and install your latest distribution from the resulting page. > Can someone please guide a lame-brain like me to this task, please? > Or point me in the right direction as to where I can obtain help for this > in plain, lamens terms? Sure. This is the place to get help. Click here: http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso Now, you're going to need to write that .iso image to a CD. Exactly what software you use to do that depends on what OS you're using at the moment. Assuming you're running Windows of some form, then Nero is a good choice: http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php You need to take care to tell Nero it's burning a disk image, rather than just making a copy of the file you downloaded. The CD you end up with should be bootable. Now, just follow the instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Note that the Sysinstall part of doing an install is just the beginning. It will give you a working system, but with a command line interface. Installing the windowing system and so forth will take further work. It's all covered pretty well in the Handbook, but feel free to ask here if you have further questions. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwbE14ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIynkgCgjLvszhms3ROvvSyrHjkyfD/z YHcAmwdHSW/PX7rMpjQQ94Dfe/jepwuK =GFGA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----