From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 4 19:52:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106D5106566B for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 19:52:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nepturn@ymail.com) Received: from nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 540A08FC15 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 19:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.55] by nm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Aug 2012 19:52:00 -0000 Received: from [212.82.108.252] by tm8.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Aug 2012 19:52:00 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1017.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Aug 2012 19:52:00 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 234029.7303.bm@omp1017.mail.ird.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 56610 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Aug 2012 19:52:00 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ymail.com; s=s1024; t=1344109919; bh=n7kkac6tkhQRMUSYZlxFv6rIRF9Gv7Ayxlt+wZgCQcI=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=i/ukVWZVVq7Cx1T8ZYzvG9+uz1X8dy/S7sJH4KokWHpwMJFW1m3qFCkYgEIsyLky9xglOM1ws5wd2QGDlMnAbPQOMPYaU/Iq8JyLfEv37kWE1NVvgZkluh2YC/+oEfxisfYAYY0vo3L4SKvbnMQM6m1vWDWx3w5O+IayJmyJFtI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=ymail.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KDJXbEAok5/We56ahGOlyofg5UU1lZ1Qga/erR5dyb5JjLksoxFqW3U8Ch7khIkYaIGZTcBjHljERljJI7QYmS5qMDMp+BEyOFtTYaaaakvxL0u4nyah12Ul17KY9EeU1M+hTqUYsTutS9fnaHTahIzzLN7do4Ca9DGu3KNC2N0=; X-YMail-OSG: ip30XO8VM1keVcH8TM44cQsJQULz00aoCZtocBm2O4AXFK. oOOpTRtbX3MM22rjc8h4pgDJ2wF1qUsys8U_Bo6a.ajUQxEJpnlpMNafUH0L j_pICv5pTxZj5PCIvowLw.hWNYmr8TmlvYPi_NrL8myvi1pd2c8lb1VBfVUS 594GNV7nh1v1KP4d83GjFQpfB1ZZbqjjyZhYRc94mRHcaC9Xuge.TM70CSZd UyYbSOri._h9xJE9zn9xn2bQLToy083_BnurQ.yA6LpklrrkDw_rKyroMvX5 QSkqgRXQQCeZWpduNPXH5U7G.0axxWEYziuJfE2iRcqbbhrkDBeUdd75gMT9 0cZkIqdXe.y5ZJJBMN1iEvcb7h2NGyk5YJgpACWRR_V5lRugyj1d8Y6O3Rw- - Received: from [92.25.203.39] by web171403.mail.ir2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:51:59 BST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.120.356233 Message-ID: <1344109919.55996.YahooMailNeo@web171403.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:51:59 +0100 (BST) From: James To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:28:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Installing details X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: James List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:52:02 -0000 Hi,=0A=0AI am absolutely new to FreeBSD and would like a simple 'by the han= d' explanation of how to install and use FreeBSD on a Pc. I tried to follow= the info from its website but explanations seem too cryptic for me to unde= rstand properly. I'd like to try it on a empty partition of my hard drive, = alternatively a memory stick/CD/DVD will also do. Appreciating any help.=0A= =0ARegards=0A=0AJames=0A=0A=0APS - I am a regular Windows user.=0A