Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:17:04 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Brian Guest <brn_gst5@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: want to install free bsd Message-ID: <46FE5050.1040400@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <207001.19503.qm@web45610.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <207001.19503.qm@web45610.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Brian Guest wrote: > Dear questions@FreeBSD > > I would like to install freebsd 6.2 or 6.0 on my pentium three PC computer. > At this moment my pentium three computer has XP installed on it i do not know > which files from the freebsd website to download and write to a CDRW orCDR > could you direct me to the wright files and walk me through the process of installing > free bsd > > thank you > brn_gst > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Look at this list to find a mirror near your location, you will get a better download speed: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html Download the i386 version iso image: 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso Burn it on CD using the "Create CD from ISO image" or similar option on your windows CD recording program. Adjust your BIOS to boot from CD, then reboot Read and follow the FreeBSD handbook carefully, particularly the installation chapter: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html If you have no previous Unix or Linux experience, be patient and prepared to learn a lot of new stuff. Manolis
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