Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 20:25:45 -0700 From: Martin Paredes <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Media (img or iso) not working to install FreeBSD 11.2 in a old PC Message-ID: <LZ40NSUZC5U4.2S9O4RRTRH1I2@mwweb14oc>
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>En Dom, 2 Septiembre, 2018 en 2:31, Lorenzo Salvadore escribió: Para: Martin Paredes >> Which file I use? >> >> My PC use BIOS (it is realy old), so I can not use UEFI media >> I am trying to install with an usb, like I had done in the previus releases (10.X and before) >> >> I belive that all files to install the release 11.X are UEFI media, (made GPT partitions and a /efi subdirectory) >> >> Since the handbook says "Additional installation files are included for computers that boot with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). The names of these files include the string uefi." >> None of the files in https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/11.2/ had uefi in it's name >> >> I only find files with uefi in it's name in release 10.4 for amd64 > >I had some troubles too when I installed FreeBSD from USB, >although I had not the same problems. > >I solved by installing an earlier version then updating it: >maybe it could work for you too. > >Lorenzo Salvadore. . I was doing an upgrade from 10.3 to 11.2, but I decided that installing from scratch would be faster
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