freeBSD 8.0

[Matthew Seaman]

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Various leading lights of the FreeBSD project dropped from the CC -- you
really only need to ask on freebsd-questions at ...  or even better, *read*
the archives where your questions have certainly been answered already
many times.

On 11/05/2010 09:25:40, Chohwora wrote:

> I am trying to download freeBSD version 8.0 I would like to find
> out,for a complete installation of a freeBSD 8.0. how many disks does it
> contain? I mean does it have disk1, disk2, etc?

You only need the disk1 CD .iso image to have everything you need to
install FreeBSD.  Or the DVD .iso image if you're using that medium.
The contents of the various different .iso images are fairly self
explanatory really. Lets look at the contents of
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/

 File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
 	46256 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	03:40:00

        This is a bootable image containing little more than sysinstall
        -- it's designed for people who want to install from the net
        directly.

 File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
 	674050 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	03:41:00

        This is everything you need to install a FreeBSD system using
        CD media

 File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz
 	1892469 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	03:43:00

        This is both a livefs disk and everything you need to install
        the system using DVD media

 File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso
 	328748 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	03:43:00

        This is a live filesystem image for use with CD media.
        Advanced users could install a working system using it, but the
        intention is more for testing system compatibility with FreeBSD
        and for fixing unbootable systems.

 File:8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
 	1020240 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	04:32:00

        This is both the livefs and system installer for a memory stick

 File:CHECKSUM.MD5
 	1 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	04:39:00

 File:CHECKSUM.SHA256
 	1 KB
 	22/11/2009
 	04:39:00

        These are the MD5 and SHA1 checksums respectively of the other
        files in this directory.  Check that the hundreds of MB you
        just downloaded is actually correct before trying to burn a
        disk.

> After downloading in ISO image, how do I burn it on a Cd so that it
> can be installed as a bootable cd?

Complete and clear instructions for just about everything you would need
to know when trying to install FreeBSD are available in the Handbook.
In this case look at:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html

and links therein which tell you exactly what to do to create bootable
media on an already-installed FreeBSD machine.  For instructions on what
to do to create media on other OSes, search the web or ask again here,
not forgetting to say /what/ OS you will be using.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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