From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 17:36:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 970A7106564A for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 17:36:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f165.google.com (mail-bw0-f165.google.com [209.85.218.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14FA48FC12 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 17:36:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so116172bwz.43 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:36:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2xdrpLpuqq3D/Hnon9YGnvQ3C59I70vrUbTtL4a4vSg=; b=JPx/NpWK3K+COEAtnvNwvT34Itn+BC+9D0HKtM5Zhqq2b20xLFVdbVloKOPoaK+DjS PaevM8sE66xH2f+DKja6D+NsQ5ycmJfpt7e7dTcj/8BJux2qRO2DdW1j93tDGBb8c96X znL64sig8gQV9EWbGq5KT96eHajd68snFj4UU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gasgv1gC0SgwoiWBuYm0d7ngX6+Crsc0RPY9ICS2tC4ab1WVNo2QqgvkfryKOuSDSL de/E/B1KQUz6sX+5UKeTMXzS8ydxh3PnwQdXv77jwdwebmNKtJp6+ldFlfI7nC+A65Hg ju9yUI57R1HkhtS8vVh+tf18ooXlL+Qyml/xs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.113.68 with SMTP id z4mr5112937fap.72.1242149815637; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:36:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:36:55 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Ese Oronsaye Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:36:57 -0000 On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ese Oronsaye wrote: > Hi > I am a newbie to Unix with no experience in installing unix operating > system. Have been through Download Freebsd but not quite sure what I should > download. > What is ISO and Distribution not quite sure which I should download. > Can anyone help me with this. > Regards > Ese > _______________________________________________ The ISO file is an image that is ready for burning to a CD or DVD. The file you should download depends upon the kind of hardware your running. Please describe the hardware you are using. I strongly advise you to read the installation section of the online handbook before attemtping to install the operating system. The most arcane part for newbies is probably partitioning the hard drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ It would also be good if you have either a friend who runs FreeBSD nearby or a second computer with internet access running. That way you can get help quickly. The installation isn't really difficult; but if you're a newbie, you might have questions or start second-guessing your choices. Best of luck, Andrew