Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:50:08 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Phil <phil@philseymour.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... Message-ID: <544E2A68.4040809@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3SjfiSyvtYsO51c=SrMfFhWT605QiY2SA%2BH9UEv2-BKg@mail.gmail.com> References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> <CA%2BtpaK3SjfiSyvtYsO51c=SrMfFhWT605QiY2SA%2BH9UEv2-BKg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 27/10/2014 15:27, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Phil <phil@philseymour.net> wrote: > >> My apologies for raising what must appear to be a very basic question, but >> 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’s >> 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’s. >> I have looked at your download mirror sites but am a little confused as to >> 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. +1 on amd64 version with it having 32GB RAM I would say start with 10.1 - it is currently at RC3 with the final release due within a couple of weeks. There are several images to choose from - bootonly will give you the smallest download to start up the machine, and install the base system, then you can download just the packages you want to install. disc1 adds a collection of popular packages that can then be installed without network access. dvd1 expands the included packages. memstick and mini-memstick are similar to disc1 and bootonly but setup for usb memory sticks instead of cd/dvd media, for instructions on putting the memstick images onto media see https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html Not sure about sun machines, if you have any trouble booting try one of the uefi variations. The ".xz" suffix refers to compressed images - not 100% sure that a windows machine can de-compress them. FreeBSD is a small base system that you can then install other things like apache or mysql or maybe Xorg with KDE or gnome to get a gui. If you aren't familiar with text only systems you may also want to consider PC-BSD. It installs from a gui boot disk and has a preset setup that will be familiar to anyone that has only used osx or windows. It also includes gui tools to assist in updating or installing other applications. http://www.pcbsd.org/en/download.html -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Serving Data Shane Ambler
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