Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:26:47 +0900 From: "Byung-Hee H." <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> To: Allen <gorebofh@comcast.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Free BSD installation tutorial Message-ID: <20041212042647.GA32726@izb.knu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <200412102152.18262.gorebofh@comcast.net> References: <200412102152.18262.gorebofh@comcast.net>
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Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:52:17PM -0500 Allen <gorebofh@comcast.net> wrote: > > This is something I wrote and it seems to have helped a lot of people get > passed that first installation of Free BSD, so I'm going to post it here so > others can share it to. > > If you'd like to change just let me know. I wrote it and you can use it if > you'd like, all I ask is that I'm given credit, that's all. And if someone > changes anything it would be nice to see how it was changed to I can improve > my writing skills to, so I'd like to know. > > I don't think I've ever posted here before but sometimes people post what I > wrote as me so if this has shown up before, well, sorry. > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Installing Free BSD 5.0 > > > > > Installing Operating Systems with gore > > > > > Free BSD 5.0 > > > > > > Introduction: > > > > > Free BSD has the same reputation as Slackware Linux does for not being an easy > to install OS. Well, So far I've installed it 30 times, and I haven't used a > manual yet. > > > This tutorial will be the same as my Slackware tutorial was, in that it will > provide a step by step installation tutorial for Free BSD. > > > > Free BSD is actually quite easy to install. Hopefully this will show that. For > right now I'm only going to show the installation, but maybe in another > tutorial, or paper, I'll show you how to configure it, but first things first > right? > > > This will work on a number of machines. I've installed it this way on two > machines, with very different hardware, and the install works fine, so you > should be fine. Even if you have an integrated video card you can at least > install it, but setting up XFree86 is different, and so for the time being, I > won't be showing the configuration. > > Mainly because the machine I usually use for free BSD is currently being used > to type this with Slackware Linux 9.1. This tutorial is being typed on Emacs, > the non X version, and the install should only take you a few minutes unless > you have terribly slow hardware. > > > > Assumptions: > > > > > You have a CD-ROM drive > > You won't be sharing the HD with another OS (If you are, when it comes time to > partition, you're on your own :) I won't be showing you how to partition to > use another OS with it, as I don't, and don't feel the need to, as there is > enough documentation to get you through this anyway, and besides, you have to > partition to use Free BSD anyway, so if you can do that, you can do it to > allow another OS to reside on disk with Free BSD too.) > > > You will be setting up a network connection. (If you are not, then skip that > section). > > > > > > X86: > > > > The GUI for free BSD is the same as Linux uses, but you do have to set it up > by hand. If you plan on using X, I recommend that before you begin, you go > into the current OS on your computer and get all the information about your > hardware, you'll need it. > > I've set up X a few times, and it's not hard, but you have to set it up to > your own hardware configuration, and I'm NOT going to show you how to do this > with every possible configuration, so that is why I'm not adding a section > for X. > > > After you use it for a while and read books, you'll learn more by doing this > yourself, than you will if I just tell you how. So I'm not skipping X > configuration to be mean, but just because there are to many possible > combinations of hardware. > > > > > > > The installation: > > > > > > To start the installation, take the CD-ROM, and insert it into the CD-ROM > drive of the computer you are installing on, and shut the machine down. Wait > a few seconds, and then hit the power button. As the machine boots up you'll > see text scrolling, and a little warning saying it will boot in 10 seconds, > you can either watch the count down with excitement, or press "ENTER" on your > keyboard. > > > After the count down, the text gets a brighter white color, scrolls, and then > you see something that may remind you a little of Slackware Linux: > > > > Sys Install: > > > The Free BSD installation is done by "SysInstall" which is a nice non GUI > program that's fairly easy to use. After the machine has booted up you'll see > it, and can begin the installation. > > > When Sys Install is loaded on your screen, press the DOWN arrow key once, and > press "ENTER" to begin a standard installation. For the most part, the > install of Free BSD looks the same as far back as 4.0 which was my first > version. 5.1 and so on look a bit different, but besides a few screens, it's > the same. > > > I'm using the Free BSD 5.0 disk that came with my book "Free BSD Unleashed, > second edition". I highly recommend This book, and "the Complete Free BSD" > for anyone using BSD. > > > After pressing "ENTER" to begin a standard install, you come to a screen > saying you are going into Fdisk. Press "ENTER" to say "OK" and then you see > the Fdisk screen. > > > Don't worry, this is simple! > > > Press the letter "A" on your keyboard, to allocate all of the disk to Free > BSD, then, press the UP arrow key once to highlight the partition named > "freebsd" and press "S" to set it as bootable. > > > You'll see a little "A" after pressing "S" to confirm it was set as bootable. > > > After you press "S" and have it set as bootable, press "Q" to quit. > > After you have pressed "Q" you come to the screen to select a boot manager. If > you plan on dual booting, I recommend the Free BSD boot manager. If you have > a partition and boot manager already installed that you need to keep, then > you will want to leave the MBR alone! > > > To leave the MBR alone and use whatever boot manager you have installed: > > > Press the DOWN arrow key twice to highlight "NONE" and press the "ENTER" key. > > > > If you're like me and don't have any other OS you need installed on the > machine, then press the DOWN arrow key one time, to highlight "Standard" and > then press "ENTER". > > > After you have done this, you see a screen saying you are going to be playing > with Fdisk again. Press "ENTER" to say "OK", and you are taken back to Fdisk > for round 2. > > > Now, this part looks very intimidating to a newbie, but it's actually very > easy. All you have to do here, is press "A" for auto defaults, then press "Q" > to finish. Easy huh? > > After you press "Q" you come back to the Sys Install screen to select > software. > > > This screen is fairly straight forward for coders and Kernel Developers, but > for newbies it's not. > > The easiest way to get passed this screen, is to press the DOWN arrow key > once, which will select all, and pressing "ENTER". > > > After you press "ENTER" you are taken to a new screen asking about the ports > collection. There is no reason you should not install the ports unless you're > installing on a VERY small disk. > > > The default highlight is "Yes", so go ahead and press "ENTER" on this window, > and after doing so, you come back to the same screen you were just at asking > for software to install. > > > At this screen, press the UP arrow key once, to highlight "EXIT" and then > press "ENTER". After you have done so, you come to a new screen that is > asking where to install from. > > > It's already highlighting the CD/DVD method, so just press "ENTER". > > > > After pressing "ENTER" you have to tell it which CD-ROM it's in. Usually if > you have more than one CD drive in your machine, you pop it in the top one, > so the already highlighted top "ATAPI/IDE CDROM" Option should work fine. If > not pick the other ;) > > > After you have pressed "ENTER" and selected the CD-ROM drive the Free BSD > installation media is in, you come to a screen warning you that this is your > last chance to turn back. > > > If you forgot to do something, this is the time to select "No". > > > If you took care of everything you may need, and are ready to finally actually > begin the installation, then press "ENTER" as the "YES" option is already > highlighted. > > > > After you select "YES" you see the screen go blue and showing you the current > task it is performing. It's currently making File Systems on the HD, so relax > for a minute while it does this. > > > After the File Systems are done, you see a new little window on the screen > showing you a progress bar. It's now loading things from CD, so it can take a > while on a slower system. > > > After a few minutes, you see it starts adding packages. This doesn't usually > take that long, but again, just relax. > > > After a few minutes, you see a message saying how Free BSD is now installed. > Don't stop yet though, you're not done. > > > Press "ENTER" on the screen telling you the main install is done, and then it > will ask you if you want to configure a network. > > If you have no network, then don't select "Yes". But if you DO have a network > and want to set it up now, press "ENTER" as "Yes" is already selected. > > > After pressing "ENTER" you see various options. Free BSD has picked up my > integrated NIC, so I press "ENTER" as it's already selected on the screen. > > > After pressing "ENTER" You see a message pop up asking if you want to use IPV6 > with this device....Unless you are sure you need this, then you will NOT need > it. "No" is already preselected, so just press "ENTER". > > > After you press "ENTER" be careful not to just hit it again, as the same > message window then asks if you want to use DHCP. > > I'm on a LAN, so I press the LEFT arrow key once, and press "ENTER" on "Yes". > It scans for DHCP servers, and it finds my DHCP servers, and now I can fill > out information. > > > For host, you can type pretty much anything, and the domain is already filled > out as my DHCP configuration on the router sent it to Free BSD already. > > > Type in a host name you want, and then press "TAB" to pop over to the next > box. You may notice that pressing "TAB" made more information pop up, this is > fine, so don't worry. Press "TAB" until you have "OK" selected at the bottom. > > > After you have "OK" selected, press "ENTER". > > > > Network configuration continues as the next screen has another window asking > you if you want to use Free BSD as a network gateway. If you are, then go > ahead, but for me, I'm leaving the already selected "No" answer and just > pressing "ENTER". > > > After you have pressed "ENTER" another window asks about InetD. For now, I'm > just going to leave the answer "NO" that is already selected, and press > "ENTER". You can always configure this later anyway. > > > After you have pressed "ENTER" you have another window asking about FTP. If > you're not setting up an FTP server, leave this screen alone, and just press > "ENTER" as you can do this later if you need it, and "NO" is selected by > default, so just press "ENTER". > > > After you have done so, you get asked about an NFS server. Just press "ENTER" > here too. > > > After you hot "OK" on this screen, you come to another screen, which asks > about an NFS client. If you are setting up Free BSD as a server or client on > your network, you may want to set this up, but if it's just going to be on > your LAN, then just keep hitting "No" for these, and as always, you can set > these up later on. > > > After you have pressed "ENTER" you come to another screen asking for the > security profile of the system. > > > This screen is your choice. If you're like me, you'll be pressing "ENTER" as > the default selection is already on "No". This way I can configure the system > myself. > > > After you made a choice and hit "ENTER" you are taken to the next screen > telling you about the security selection. Just press "ENTER" after reading > the message on the screen. > > > After you press "ENTER" you come to another screen asking to customize the > console settings. Just press "ENTER" here for the already selected answer > "No" as you don't need to do this unless you really want to. > > > After pressing "ENTER" you will come to another screen, asking for the time > zone. > > > Press "ENTER" here as it is already on "Yes". > > > After pressing "ENTER" the next screen tries to confuse you, so just press > "ENTER" again. Unless of course you're sure of the answer. > > After pressing "ENTER" select your Country. > > > I'm in the US, so I press the DOWN arrow key until I have "America -- North > and South" selected, and then I press "ENTER". > > > Now, after you have "ENTER" pressed, press the DOWN arrow key until the > Country you're in is selected. I'm in the "United States" so I press the DOWN > arrow until that is highlighted. > > > I then press "ENTER" and go to the time zone selection screen. I'm in > "Michigan" so I press on the DOWN arrow key once to select "Eastern Time - > Michigan - most locations" and press the "ENTER" key. > > > After pressing "ENTER" a little window pops up asking if an abbreviation looks > OK. Just press "ENTER" here. The next question it asks is about Linux > compatibility. Go ahead and say "Yes" here, as it can be nice to use Linux > Applications on Free BSD. > > > After you press "ENTER" it adds the packages needed, and is also a great time > to smoke. So I'm going to smoke while this is installing, and when I get back > it will be done. > > > The Linux compatibility install finishes, and then you come to another screen > asking you if you have a NON USB mouse attached. My mouse is not USB so I > press the LEFT arrow key to highlight "Yes" and press "ENTER". > > > After pressing "ENTER" you come to a screen to set up the mouse. > > > Press the DOWN arrow key one time, and press "ENTER". > > Move the mouse around and see if it shows up. This should work without > problems, and if you see the cursor moving press "ENTER". Now press the DOWN > arrow key to select the mouse protocol. > > > In this, "AUTO" is already selected, so just press "ENTER" unless you're sure > of the mouseyou have and see it here. > > > After pressing "ENTER" press the DOWN arrow key and press "ENTER". This mouse > is a PS/2 mouse, so I just press the little "ENTER" key, and then when I'm > back on the original screen I press the UP arrow key until "EXIT" is > highlighted, and press "ENTER" again. > > > > The next window asks about configuring X, but as I said already, I'm not > walkign you through this because you have to set options for each video card. > I don't have the same card as everyone else, so it wouldn't be all that > helpful. So for this screen, just press the RIGHT arrow key to select "No" > and press "ENTER". You can set this up at a later time, so don't worry. > > > After you finish that screen you come to another screen to install more > software. "Yes" is already selected, so just press "ENTER". > > > > After you have pressed "ENTER" the easiest thing is just pressing "ENTER" as > "ALL" is already selected. This will install everything, and makes it easier > than going through every package. You can do that when you have learned more > about Free BSD. > > > After you have gotten to the next screen, you should see a software selection > screen, and you can choose some things to install for X. You can select > whatever you want here, and any dependencies will be added automatically. > > > After you have selected what you want, press "TAB" to select "OK" and then > press "ENTER" on the keyboard. You now come back to the screen you were at > earlier, and now you just press "TAB" to highlight on the button saying to > "Install" and press "ENTER". > > > After pressing "ENTER" the packages you selected are installed, and then you > come to a new screen some time later. this screen asks for setting up user > accounts, so press "ENTER" as "YES" is already highlighted. > > > After pressing "ENTER" press the little "DOWN" arrow on your keyboard, and > press "ENTER" to add a user. > > > It asks for a log in ID, so whatever you want to use to log in should be > entered. I enter "GORE" then hit "TAB" 3 times to enter in a password, then > hit "TAB" again to enter a full name. > > After you have entered the name, press "TAB" until you are on "OK" and hit > "ENTER". After pressing "ENTER" you go back to the screen to add users or > groups. Enter as many users as you need to, and then, select "EXIT" and press > "ENTER" when you finish adding users. > > > Now it's time to set the Root password. Press enter at the screen telling you > about it, and then enter in a Root password. You have to enter it in twice. > Then you can read the window asking if want to go to the main window for any > more options. > > > "No" is already highlighted here, so just press "ENTER". After you are done, > you see the first screen again. Press "TAB" and that will highlight the > "Exit" option. Press "ENTER" and a little screen asks if you're sure. Press > the LEFT arrow key to highlight "YES" and press "ENTER". > > > Make sure you pop out the CD-ROM first, and if you can't for some reason, just > wait until it's rebooting and pull it out then. The machine reboots, and > boots up for the first time. Now, have fun. > -- Check out http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/submitting.html
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