Obtaining / downloading latest release of freeBSD
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I am a bit slow when it comes to downloads, and I have been consumed by this slowness in trying to download/obtain your latest release of FreeBSD (8.0, I think). I visited your "get FreeBSD page and clicked on your "amd64 distribution" link, and couldn't figure out what or how to download and install your latest distribution from the resulting page.
Can someone please guide a lame-brain like me to this task, please? Or point me in the right direction as to where I can obtain help for this in plain, lamens terms?
Thank you!
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Polytropon
> Hi,
>
> I am a bit slow when it comes to downloads, and I have been
> consumed by this slowness in trying to download/obtain your
> latest release of FreeBSD (8.0, I think). I visited your "get
> FreeBSD page and clicked on your "amd64 distribution" link,
> and couldn't figure out what or how to download and install
> your latest distribution from the resulting page.
> Can someone please guide a lame-brain like me to this task,
> please? Or point me in the right direction as to where I can
> obtain help for this in plain, lamens terms?
Go to this page
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/
and download, according to your needs, one of those files:
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso
If you want to install FreeBSD, I'd go with -disc1.iso. See
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html
for an explaination what the files mentioned above are intended
for (section "Availability"). You will also find information on
this page about how to download FreeBSD via BitTorrent.
For lowering download time, you may want to check a mirror near
your location. See list of mirrors here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
When the download has been completed, burn the ISO file to a
CD, and boot your machine with this CD.
If you need further help, refer to the excellent handbook and
FAQ provided by FreeBSD:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/
Enjoy!
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Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
Matthew Seaman
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On 18/06/2010 02:53:25, cipher crypted wrote:
> I am a bit slow when it comes to downloads, and I have been consumed
> by this slowness in trying to download/obtain your latest release of
> FreeBSD (8.0, I think). I visited your "get FreeBSD page and clicked on
> your "amd64 distribution" link, and couldn't figure out what or how to
> download and install your latest distribution from the resulting page.
> Can someone please guide a lame-brain like me to this task, please?
> Or point me in the right direction as to where I can obtain help for this
> in plain, lamens terms?
Sure. This is the place to get help.
Click here:
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
Now, you're going to need to write that .iso image to a CD. Exactly
what software you use to do that depends on what OS you're using at the
moment. Assuming you're running Windows of some form, then Nero is a
good choice:
http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php
You need to take care to tell Nero it's burning a disk image, rather
than just making a copy of the file you downloaded. The CD you end up
with should be bootable.
Now, just follow the instructions here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
Note that the Sysinstall part of doing an install is just the beginning.
It will give you a working system, but with a command line interface.
Installing the windowing system and so forth will take further work.
It's all covered pretty well in the Handbook, but feel free to ask here
if you have further questions.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Bruce Cran
> Now, you're going to need to write that .iso image to a CD. Exactly
> what software you use to do that depends on what OS you're using at the
> moment. Assuming you're running Windows of some form, then Nero is a
> good choice:
>
> http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php
If you'd prefer not to have to register, I've been using ImgBurn from
http://www.imgburn.com/ and would recommend it - it's really easy to use.
Also, on Windows 7 ISO writing is built-in - just right-click and choose the
option to write the file to CD/DVD.
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Bruce Cran