From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Wed Jul 4 17:04:09 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956B0102440E; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trasz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4112186FE3; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trasz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21B2D5FC3; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trasz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w64H49eb017491; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:09 GMT (envelope-from trasz@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from trasz@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w64H480O017490; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:08 GMT (envelope-from trasz@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201807041704.w64H480O017490@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: trasz set sender to trasz@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Edward Tomasz Napierala Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:04:08 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: trasz X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 51960 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:04:09 -0000 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 @@ installation - Beginning with &os; 9.0-RELEASE, &os; provides an easy - to use, text-based installation - program named bsdinstall. This - chapter describes how to install &os; using + There are several different ways of getting &os; to run, + depending on the environment. Those are: + + + + Virtual Machine images, to download and + import on a virtual environment of choice. + These can be downloaded from the + Download FreeBSD + page. There are images for KVM (qcow2), + VMWare (vmdk), Hyper-V (vhd), + and raw device images that are universally supported. + These are not installation images, but rather the + preconfigured (already installed) instances, + ready to run and perform post-installation tasks. + + + + Virtual Machine images available at Amazon's + AWS Marketplace, + Microsoft Azure Marketplace, + and Google Cloud Platform, + to run on their respective hosting services. + For more information on deploying &os; + on Azure please consult the relevant chapter in the + Azure Documentation. + + + + SD card images, for embedded systems such + as Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black. These can be + downloaded from the + Download FreeBSD + page. These files must be uncompressed and written + as a raw image to an SD card, from which the board will + then boot. + + + + Installation images, to install &os; on + a hard drive for the usual desktop, laptop, or server + systems. + + + + The rest of this chapter describes the fourth case, + explaining how to install &os; using the text-based + installation program named bsdinstall. In general, the installation instructions in this chapter