Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 12:51:01 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <563DF3B5.9080301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKMHvdJ3=yJSXQSmZfj0uEyEUt2gyJVQM5cDtFyRqJp15eHnoQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKMHvdJ3=yJSXQSmZfj0uEyEUt2gyJVQM5cDtFyRqJp15eHnoQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --q3GtXnBkvHOkhxbouSUAwW8wPwHs81ju0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/11/2015 11:38, Andrew Wheatley wrote: > I was wondering if I could get help from you guys. I=C2=B4= ve been > looking at FreeBSD softwares you guys have and I=C2=B4d like to dowload= and > install it on a virtual machine or usb bootup. But the problem is I=C2=B4= ve > downloaded several iso images for that and don=C2=B4t know how to bootu= p and on > the virtual machine it gives me an error. If y'all could help me that w= ould > be great. What sort of virtual machine? There are several different pre-built disk images that you can just copy onto your VM host and boot up. If you use VirtualBox, try: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/VM-IMAGES/10.2-RELEASE/amd64/L= atest/FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64.vmdk.xz Just decompress that and import it into VirtualBox as a disk image, and then create a new virtual machine from it. There are 4 different image formats available, which should cover all the popular hypervisors. Otherwise, if you want to make a bootable USB stick, download this: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.2/FreeBSD-10.2-R= ELEASE-amd64-memstick.img.xz Note that unlike many Linux distributions, FreeBSD has separate installer images for memsticks and isos for CD/DVDs. Either of these can be booted into a stand-alone system, or you can use it to install FreeBSD to your VM or onto bare metal. Decompress it, and copy it onto a USB stick by following the instructions here: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre= =2Ehtml Section 2.3.1.1. Writing an Image File to USB The handbook, especially chapter two, is well worth a good read-through before you start. What you get from these images is just the base system, without any application software or windowing system installed. If you're not happy dealing with the command line, then take a look at PC-BSD: https://www.pcbsd.org/ That's a pre-built desktop environment layered onto the base FreeBSD OS[*= ]. Cheers, Matthew [*] Site seems to be down right now, but no doubt it will be up again shortly after Kris wakes up. --q3GtXnBkvHOkhxbouSUAwW8wPwHs81ju0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJWPfO8XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATpFkP/0bFr3SxaIOuRTKEg9VTvlCt On2lNqPRxbW/+6mtvB5W9k2GfmkDUCkLHLc4UNwg3BhIJmQLBfbzdq0QIAhAMtmP k89y4qxa4xKEIiLjOV0Mt1Fc+gmp5aKo/Gx5eYvAkq1BEgrQuV/QLMvhKCiFGYTf jobUlkE3EH43uxcEG+5Iql1ZIWRHyAiVRJrN04Yoaz0z9XGUupxwLeeQx0MInJB5 zwB5B639kwRsuwj0yaOINdf1jAuzwFXbyf53IgFESXtlM287vwctduwsApF4CYw2 baGWK9XNfZZ0XgLQdFgDBiGCF7Y4JJzhr2k0JuETW4fNpXXQaF0UVzTgjvzLwx8/ TxT6wSx3oCmR46xsif3zu1otgxqlwHuJpXk+lhEwSwvGY86SS4uHXlh40j9TaTxD iDb9Pd5T4dG0DhLyrCSEE2nFSiJL8bosWeLTysnkmMGW7AtUsrc5TM7KiDDFOAQl 4Vj6pfiQxRbfdjkJP0LDVvrZS0YNGh09CKSaNVjDisJifuqTL+Yw4lpsq+qc8ndZ hb4Vnl/k8VKwk8cnpwza+uLZ492XX1HyRZuazYHvdVPeLg76ShI2JXU6QJG8q6Cn RQjbB32AXRzeJa5/hEA7KD2T9oVYg3eLqAm6dqvgr/sqF2xlnNCyqM/B3OLOY6v7 pkxfNN1JqadYLS3EBvey =eF4T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --q3GtXnBkvHOkhxbouSUAwW8wPwHs81ju0--
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