Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:39:32 +0200 From: Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Unix Message-ID: <guc8o3$rqd$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <a654bbf20905120852y1217fe4aoc26a565cdf33be00@mail.gmail.com> References: <a654bbf20905120852y1217fe4aoc26a565cdf33be00@mail.gmail.com>
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Ese Oronsaye escribió: > Hi > I am a newbie to Unix with no experience in installing unix operating > system. Have been through Download Freebsd but not quite sure what I should > download. > What is ISO and Distribution not quite sure which I should download. > Can anyone help me with this. > Regards > Ese > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Hi Oronsaye, Welcome to the FreeBSD mailing list. You can start by downloading a ISO from here: http://www.freebsd.org/where.html The one you must download depends on the hardware you are going to install on. A "standard desktop PC" normally is an i386, so you should download in this case this file: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.2/7.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso If you browse the FTP folder ( ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.2/ ) you will see that there are another two disc images (ISOs whose name ends in disc2 and disc3). You will require them also depending on the packages you select to install, but with the first one you should have enought for a minimum installation. Once downloaded the ISO, burn it to a CD and boot you computer from this CD, remember that all the data on that PC will be lost. Another option, is to boot the iso from any virtualization software such as vmware or VirtualBox. Remember that you can follow the details of the installation procedure and several administrative tasks on the very useful FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Matias.
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