From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Mon Nov 19 13:13:33 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB52A11036C9 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:c4ea:bd49:619b:6cb3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B9BB75141 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from leaf.local (unknown [88.202.132.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 92C766B47 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:13:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=FreeBSD.org Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/92C766B47; dkim=none; dkim-atps=neutral Subject: Re: Free BSD Installation - Boot-able USB To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org References: From: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <4f9fd583-154b-1951-6421-3ad3a2f1dc0c@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:13:14 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3B9BB75141 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.80 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.01)[-0.011,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/32, country:GB]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.81)[0.807,0] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:13:33 -0000 On 19/11/2018 10:48, Ravi Raj wrote: > I want to download & install Free BSD 11.2 (Full i.e. Administration & > Developer Edition) to my Laptop. As my Laptop has only USB drives, > please let me know which files to Download? If a download manager or > torrent is available, I would prefer that! This is a question that is more appropriate for the freebsd-questions@ list. Yes, FreeBSD by default contains all of the necessary ingredients to rebuild the system from source code and to do the initial installation and administration of a machine. Be aware that by default you will see a command-line interface only: graphical adminstration tools exist, but the graphical environment is not included in the install media. You can set that up after the basic install though, but it does depend on exactly what sort of laptop you have whether there is all the necessary hardware support available to run the graphics. To install from eg. a USB key, download the image here: http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/11.2/FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and then follow the instructions here for writing that to a USB key: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html#bsdinstall-usb We experimented with providing official FreeBSD torrents a while back, but I don't believe they are currently available. Best to download an official image via HTTP or FTP. > Also, please let me know the procedure for: > > 1) Making a Boot-able USB drive for installation. > > 2) Actual Installation. The Handbook is your friend: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall.html If you run into any problems, please ask via the freebsd-questions@freebsd.org list. Cheers, Matthew