From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 04:57:25 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4A0883A for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x232.google.com (mail-pd0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B6177BD for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:57:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f178.google.com with SMTP id fp1so1645062pdb.37 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:57:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=E+D2S2ibP9W0DZo/OiY2cAHP1ER7Cin04q6lhUeNQD4=; b=1BNtAYYb+eqyPDQ/7CgU8OfBQNAYMOg4HkgID0lOlXRXkQWJmwWOhgz2g1EYr+O+J3 oU+sHOfjGqkLCc0YDopv4ARL+BI7g003dLET3F1z20d+skPknMkAiTJ8wktWmG5de23A LjCs6a/JqCPITUNJb5bo325efKgi3e4A3543JffVPQkUo+TE+CaKlQmvX4/+oeOdntyw xpGpKLS/dk8cNbmzhZF4GHLOdftjZEBzFelGQMMpTTT9MAH9/bPwl29VDrZF8vJes9Ye GCg7Wd7m8Gq0zoWNwjuGNKgYinnoQ+66B1J4nSYfMa9uRk60SybdjoRskxgzBoPFWDTL wG5w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.67.5.41 with SMTP id cj9mr21365329pad.73.1414385845045; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:57:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.103.141 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:57:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:57:25 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... From: Adam Vande More To: Phil Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:57:25 -0000 On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Phil wrote: > My apologies for raising what must appear to be a very basic question, bu= t > I am attempting to crawl out of the clutches of Microsoft and have little > to no experience outside of the Windows domain. > Having carefully looked at the vast array of Linux and Unix distro=E2=80= =99s > available, I am keen to install FreeBSD on a Sun Microsystems box that I > recently obtained through Ebay. The machine has dual x86 processors (AMD) > and 32 Gb RAM. The boot disks are SCSI Ultra 320=E2=80=99s. > I have looked at your download mirror sites but am a little confused as t= o > which version I should be getting. > Any help would greatly appreciated. Thank you. > Phil. > You'll want to get one of the AMD64 iso's from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/ I generally use the disk1 or memstick image to install OS then install packages from repo. Don't forget to use freebsd-update after the install to get latest security patches. --=20 Adam