Re: Installing Unix
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ese Oronsaye wrote: > 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 > ___ The ISO file is an image that is ready for burning to a CD or DVD. The file you should download depends upon the kind of hardware your running. Please describe the hardware you are using. I strongly advise you to read the installation section of the online handbook before attemtping to install the operating system. The most arcane part for newbies is probably partitioning the hard drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ It would also be good if you have either a friend who runs FreeBSD nearby or a second computer with internet access running. That way you can get help quickly. The installation isn't really difficult; but if you're a newbie, you might have questions or start second-guessing your choices. Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Installing Unix
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. install CD. if you have good network connection - download small "bootonly CD". it will then fetch all needed by the net. but do read a handbook. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Installing Unix
On Tue, 12 May 2009 16:52:15 +0100, Ese Oronsaye wrote: > Hi > I am a newbie to Unix with no experience in installing unix operating > system. Then welcome to FreeBSD! I'm sure you'll have a great time learning about FreeBSD and of course using it. :-) > Have been through Download Freebsd but not quite sure what I should > download. This depends on what you're going to do. In most cases, the ISO for a bootable CD or DVD is needed. Which version you will have to download depends on the hardware you're going to install the OS on. > What is ISO and Distribution not quite sure which I should download. The ISO is a pre-mastered file system (ISO 9660) that you usually record onto a CD or DVD. The distribution directories contain the "plain files". Easiest thing: Go with the ISO. > Can anyone help me with this. Have a look at FreeBSD's excellent documentation. The most interesting for you will surely be: FAQ 3.1. Which file do I download to get FreeBSD? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html Handbook Chapter 2 Installing FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Further documentation can be found here: The FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/ The Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Installing Unix
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 04:52:15PM +0100, Ese Oronsaye wrote: > 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. Well, some of this is covered well in the FreeBSD Handbook and some other documents that are all available online starting at the http://www.freebsd.org/ web site. Even after that it can be a little confusing at first about how to find just which ISO you want to download. First determine what is the highest level RELEASE available. At the beginning, do not worry about -STABLE and -CURRENT. At the moment, the latest RELEASE is 7.2 Next determine the hardware you want to install on. That will probably be either i386 for regular 32 bit or AMD64 for 64 bit machines, though there are other possibilities. The next thing to do is to familiarize yourself with the site for downloading the ISOs. Just do an anonymous ftp in and look around. ftp toftp.freebsd.org and log in as anonymous Use your email address as a password. You can do an 'ls' in each of the directories you enter to see what is there. In that first directory you will see only one item -- the pub directory. So, cd to it. Do; cd pub In that directory you will see there is only the FreeBSD directory so cd to that. Do: cd FreeBSDnote that it is case sensitive so cd freebsd won't work. In the FreeBSD directory, when you do an ls you will see lots of stuff including files, directories and links. You can look at these things but you will eventually want to cd to 'releases' and then to 'i386' or to 'amd64' Then cd to 'ISO-IMAGES' and finally to '7.2' In that directory you will see the .iso files you want to download. If your internet connection is good enough, then you only need to download the disc1.iso file and burn it to CD. You may also want to download the CHECKSUM.MD5 and use that to verify the good/clean transmission of the .iso file. After that you are ready to move on to the installation - although you should read and learn about it so you know what you want to do. jerry > Regards > Ese > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Installing Unix
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-unsubscr...@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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Installing Unix
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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
