FreeBSD Installation

[Gerard Seibert]

Afrose Fathima wrote:

>  Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a DELL box.I have dowloaded
> the 6.1-Release ISO images from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/r...ISO-IMAGE
> S/6.1/<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/> .
> Its gives us the ISO's for three CD's bootonly,disc1,disc2.But when
> we try to install starting with the bootonly disc it misses out on a
> few screens and also gives messages regarding unavailability of a few
> packages etc. Also it does not ask for the insertion of the other CDs
> at any point of the installation. Request for some help as soon as
> possible.

I use the boot-only disk to install FSBD. You need FTP access to make it
work. If you cannot make an FTP connection, then you will need to use
disk 1 to install FSBD.


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Gerard Seibert
gerard at seibercom.net