Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 16:09:49 -0500 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: dan leeds <shadylane258@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OS installation Message-ID: <20020105160949.2e5a0e7e.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <20020105185034.98254.qmail@web20610.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020105185034.98254.qmail@web20610.mail.yahoo.com>
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--.whL7Xmm=.U5VKFh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:50:34 -0800 (PST) dan leeds <shadylane258@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Can Free BSD be installed from scratch without having an existing OS > already installed. Yes indeed. In fact, it's my favorite way to install. Make backups, nuke the partitions, and start from scratch. You'll have to format your drive into at least one "slice" and then break that slice into filesystems. I recommend a separate filesystem for /, /usr, swap, and /home. Somebody suggested using the swap partition as /tmp, mounting it as an MFS filesystem (Memory Filesystem). I haven't done this myself, but it sounds like a cool idea. Read the Handbook before you install, if you haven't already. You'll be able to boot from the first CD-ROM if you have a modern computer, but you'll have to set your BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM drive before the HD and floppy. Or, you can just do a set of floppies and boot from those. Read the handbook first. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net GnuPG Key ID: 0x45BC4581 "Sex, Unix, and rock 'n roll" -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 G! d- s:+ a-- C+++ UB++++ P+ L+++ E W++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b++++ DI+++ D+ G++ e* h+ r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --.whL7Xmm=.U5VKFh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8N2uhXG3c5kW8RYERAgpVAJsHRtZntJffQRRwroXJWhMWVvbYpgCfajNn 4p++c2QaUbUgrJzqKq3X010= =LQ6B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --.whL7Xmm=.U5VKFh-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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