From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 11:25:23 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17ADC494 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 997437A4 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:25:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ppp118-210-8-90.lns20.adl2.internode.on.net (HELO leader.local) ([118.210.8.90]) by ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 27 Oct 2014 21:50:11 +1030 Message-ID: <544E2A68.4040809@ShaneWare.Biz> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:50:08 +1030 From: Shane Ambler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phil Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 11:25:23 -0000 On 27/10/2014 15:27, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Phil 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