Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:57:25 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Phil <phil@philseymour.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3SjfiSyvtYsO51c=SrMfFhWT605QiY2SA%2BH9UEv2-BKg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net>
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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, 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
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