Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:25:44 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Chohwora <ambrosejude@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <4BE92298.5080502@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <992105.92415.qm@web32808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <992105.92415.qm@web32808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Various leading lights of the FreeBSD project dropped from the CC -- you really only need to ask on freebsd-questions@... or even better, *read* the archives where your questions have certainly been answered already many times. On 11/05/2010 09:25:40, Chohwora wrote: > I am trying to download freeBSD version 8.0 I would like to find > out,for a complete installation of a freeBSD 8.0. how many disks does it > contain? I mean does it have disk1, disk2, etc? You only need the disk1 CD .iso image to have everything you need to install FreeBSD. Or the DVD .iso image if you're using that medium. The contents of the various different .iso images are fairly self explanatory really. Lets look at the contents of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso 46256 KB 22/11/2009 03:40:00 This is a bootable image containing little more than sysinstall -- it's designed for people who want to install from the net directly. File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso 674050 KB 22/11/2009 03:41:00 This is everything you need to install a FreeBSD system using CD media File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz 1892469 KB 22/11/2009 03:43:00 This is both a livefs disk and everything you need to install the system using DVD media File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso 328748 KB 22/11/2009 03:43:00 This is a live filesystem image for use with CD media. Advanced users could install a working system using it, but the intention is more for testing system compatibility with FreeBSD and for fixing unbootable systems. File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img 1020240 KB 22/11/2009 04:32:00 This is both the livefs and system installer for a memory stick File:CHECKSUM.MD5 1 KB 22/11/2009 04:39:00 File:CHECKSUM.SHA256 1 KB 22/11/2009 04:39:00 These are the MD5 and SHA1 checksums respectively of the other files in this directory. Check that the hundreds of MB you just downloaded is actually correct before trying to burn a disk. > After downloading in ISO image, how do I burn it on a Cd so that it > can be installed as a bootable cd? Complete and clear instructions for just about everything you would need to know when trying to install FreeBSD are available in the Handbook. In this case look at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html and links therein which tell you exactly what to do to create bootable media on an already-installed FreeBSD machine. For instructions on what to do to create media on other OSes, search the web or ask again here, not forgetting to say /what/ OS you will be using. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvpIpgACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwZnACgiu97iOHy1lAokciX5lVN4hYb 2RIAnRoMZqaXNwqIZPJ8grTXIGBgSWbU =6zYN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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