From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 12:37:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74E00B1B for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com (mail-lb0-f178.google.com [209.85.217.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF2B99E6 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbjb6 with SMTP id b6so25045669lbj.12 for ; Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:36:57 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8dMC+1D/CB3VWMiecEiMPh1/N89Eb/cOi7gQKRryG2s=; b=Wd2Sz1VpD1O5nVkWTEZhu8wRI989EXfN8m7mYFGrwXFzkLzWn0w0OAx0I/nkOnM6pX EJ31jk/c9e0js044B47qKoUH+KMZZX7snDkWG6oEod6jy5iSUajDG+VpE6vadSmvKfj8 +vXzpCnpYE4xBuF4qNETh99vl1KPbCa6pVRqmwP3TBqIQG12oAUFCn3B0kCUF5w4VEFk qldPFrJoyQ9b/YiPxeF7g1J6s8sVpAMOV5k1C3trqj5p24jQUQGs9hMjukR06jFdfJ11 WJ7HyoeIYXJDf8wzpdCPAfM5ErwUo0C4apliyeKElQRCepzulxuqatEy1dbIh7XOtrOB +3hw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnLagOgZuMkuMEr/NhIrpNMkGR+Mhac8UqDa/TTOCaiqRZPXpOaPKsp5wLghhWHq750RGKj MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.153.5.11 with SMTP id ci11mr19420445lad.95.1425213417358; Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:36:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.164.102 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Mar 2015 04:36:57 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [82.28.219.228] In-Reply-To: <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com> References: <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:36:57 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: System to install FreeBSD From: Tom Storey To: zep Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:37:05 -0000 On 24 February 2015 at 19:52, zep wrote: > use virtulization I would agree with this. Since it is for training, save yourself the money and run a hypervisor on your existing PC or laptop. I personally use VMware Fusion on my Mac, but there are plenty of others available as zep mentioned. You then have the option to spin up as many other VMs as you need to test different scenarios, and take snapshots before making large complicated changes so you can roll back easily if you stuff up. :-) If you must have another physical machine, you dont have to buy brand new. Save yourself the money and grab something second hand from the local pawn shop or off ebay etc. Anything within the last 10 years is likely to be more than adequate for training purposes, especially if you only plan to work on the CLI (and as long as your work doesnt involve heavy processing tasks.) And at that, once on the network you can go headless and just use SSH or an X client so you dont need additional monitors/keyboards/etc either.