Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51960 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall Message-ID: <201807041704.w64H480O017490@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: trasz (src,ports committer) Date: Wed Jul 4 17:04:08 2018 New Revision: 51960 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51960 Log: Mention different types of installation images. This is still rather brief, but should at least point people in the right direction. Reviewed by: allanjude@ Approved by: allanjude@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15944 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Jul 4 16:22:27 2018 (r51959) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Jul 4 17:04:08 2018 (r51960) @@ -72,10 +72,54 @@ <indexterm><primary>installation</primary></indexterm> - <para>Beginning with &os; 9.0-RELEASE, &os; provides an easy - to use, text-based installation - program named <application>bsdinstall</application>. This - chapter describes how to install &os; using + <para>There are several different ways of getting &os; to run, + depending on the environment. Those are:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Virtual Machine images, to download and + import on a virtual environment of choice. + These can be downloaded from the + <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Download FreeBSD</link> + page. There are images for KVM (<quote>qcow2</quote>), + VMWare (<quote>vmdk</quote>), Hyper-V (<quote>vhd</quote>), + and raw device images that are universally supported. + These are not installation images, but rather the + preconfigured (<quote>already installed</quote>) instances, + ready to run and perform post-installation tasks.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Virtual Machine images available at Amazon's + <link xlink:href="https://aws.amazon.com/mp/solutions/freebsd/">AWS Marketplace</link>, + <link xlink:href="https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?search=freebsd&page=1">Microsoft Azure Marketplace</link>, + and <link xlink:href="https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/freebsd-cloud/freebsd-11">Google Cloud Platform</link>, + to run on their respective hosting services. + For more information on deploying &os; + on Azure please consult the relevant chapter in the + <link xlink:href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/freebsd-intro-on-azure">Azure Documentation</link>.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>SD card images, for embedded systems such + as Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black. These can be + downloaded from the + <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Download FreeBSD</link> + page. These files must be uncompressed and written + as a raw image to an SD card, from which the board will + then boot.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Installation images, to install &os; on + a hard drive for the usual desktop, laptop, or server + systems.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>The rest of this chapter describes the fourth case, + explaining how to install &os; using the text-based + installation program named <application>bsdinstall</application>.</para> <para>In general, the installation instructions in this chapter
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