Substantially update this to match reality. Also do a typo/facto pass over
Max's serial console instructions (this is good stuff, thanks Max!).
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Author: Jordan K. Hubbard
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Last updated: Tue Mar 24 00:56:14 PST 1998
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Last updated: Tue May 4 16:05:41 PST 1999
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0.0 Quick Start
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--- -----------
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PC hardware for FreeBSD, you should also read the HARDWARE.TXT file -
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it contains important information which may save you a lot of grief.
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If you're new to FreeBSD then you should also read EVERYTHING listed
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in the Documentation menu on the boot floppy. It may seem like a lot
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in the Documentation menu of the installer. It may seem like a lot
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to read, but the time you spend now reading the documents will be made
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up many times over because you were adequately prepared. Also, you will
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know the types of information available should you get stuck later.
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@ -50,18 +50,21 @@ on the resources available to you.
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The best laid plans sometimes go awry, so if you run into trouble take a
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look at TROUBLE.TXT which contains valuable troubleshooting information.
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You should also read ERRATA.TXT before installing and follow the pointers
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there carefully since this will stop you from falling over any problems
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which have reported in the interim for your particular release.
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DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against
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accidental loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT
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YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation! Please do not proceed to the
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final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any
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important data first! We really mean it!
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YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation if you make a mistake! Please
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do not proceed to the final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've
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adequately backed up any important data first! We really mean it!
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FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no
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support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of
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ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of free hard drive space.
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See below for ways of shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to
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install FreeBSD.
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support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install
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and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard
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drive space for the most minimal installation. See below for ways of
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shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD.
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0.1 Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet
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@ -69,33 +72,21 @@ install FreeBSD.
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The easiest type of installation is from CD. If you have a supported
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CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut Creek CDROM,
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there are 3 ways of starting the installation from it:
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there are 2 ways of starting the installation from it:
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1. If your system supports bootable CDROM media (usually an option
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which can be selectively enabled in the controller's setup menu
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or in the PC BIOS for some systems) and you have it enabled,
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FreeBSD 2.2.1 and later CDs support the "El Torrito" bootable
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CD standard. Simply put the installation CD in your CDROM drive
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and boot the system to begin installation.
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FreeBSD supports the "El Torrito" bootable CD standard. Simply
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put the installation CD in your CDROM drive and boot the system
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to begin installation.
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2. If you have drivers which allow you to see your CDROM drive
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from DOS, first disable any fancy memory managers you may
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have configured, change directory to the CDROM (E:\ in the example
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below) and then type this:
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E> install
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and you should boot directly into the FreeBSD installation.
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If either steps fail, please go on to step 3.
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3. Build a FreeBSD boot floppy from the floppies/boot.flp
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file in a FreeBSD distribution. Either simply use the
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2. Build a set of FreeBSD boot floppies from the floppies/
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directory in every FreeBSD distribution. Either simply use the
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``makeflp.bat'' script from DOS or read floppies/README.TXT
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for more information on creating bootable floppies under
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different operating systems. Then you simply boot
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from the floppy and you should go into the FreeBSD
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installation.
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for more information on creating the bootable floppies under
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different operating systems. Then you simply boot from the
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first floppy and you should soon be in the FreeBSD installation.
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If you don't have a CDROM and would like to simply install over the
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net using PPP, slip or a dedicated connection, simply fetch the
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@ -107,22 +98,21 @@ or one of its many mirrors (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html)
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and follow step 3 above. You should also read the floppies/README.TXT
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file as it contains important information for downloaders.
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Once you have a boot floppy made, please go to section 1.5 of this
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Once you have your boot floppies made, please go to section 1.5 of this
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document for additional tips on installing via FTP or NFS.
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1.0 Detail on various installation types
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--- ------------------------------------
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Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen
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somehow, you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go
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from there. If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you
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are also encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the
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Documentation submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on
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the first menu.
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Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen somehow,
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you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go from there.
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If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you are also
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encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the Documentation
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submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on the first menu.
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REMEMBER: If you get stuck at a screen, hit F1 for the online
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documentation for that section.
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NOTE: If you get stuck at a screen, hit the F1 key for online
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documentation relevant to that specific section.
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If you've never installed FreeBSD before, or even if you have, the
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"Novice" installation mode is the most recommended since it makes sure
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@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ on installing from each type of media listed below.
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If you simply wish to install from a local CDROM drive then see the
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Quick Start section. If you don't have a CDROM drive on your system
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and wish to use a FreeBSD distribution CD in the CDROM drive of
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another system to which you have network connectivity, there are
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another system to which you have network connectivity, there are also
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several ways of going about it:
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1. If you would be able to FTP install FreeBSD directly from the CDROM
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to do that then an NFS installation is probably not the best choice
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for you unless you're willing to read up on rc.conf(5) and configure
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things appropriately. Assuming that this part goes smoothly, you
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should be able to enter: <cdrom-host>:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
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installation when the target machine is installed.
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should be able to enter: cdrom-host:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
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installation when the target machine is installed, e.g. wiggy:/cdrom
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1.2 Installing from Floppies
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hardware or just because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must
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first prepare some floppies for the install.
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First, make a boot floppy as described in floppies/README.TXT
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First, make your boot floppies as described in floppies/README.TXT
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Second, read the file LAYOUT.TXT and pay special attention to the
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"Distribution format" section since it describes which files you're
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to figure out how many additional pieces to look for when fetching and
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concatenating the distribution. When putting distributions onto
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floppies, the <distname>.inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each
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distribution set!
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distribution set! This is also covered in ABOUT.TXT
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Once you come to the Media screen of the install, select "Floppy" and
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you'll be prompted for the rest.
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BIN dist is only the minimal requirement.
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Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation
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from DOS by running the install.bat script (NOTE: Some memory managers
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don't like this - disable QEMM or EMM386 if they're running before trying
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this) or making a boot floppy as described in section 0.1.
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from floppies as normal and select "DOS" as your media type when the time
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comes.
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1.4 Installing from QIC/SCSI Tape
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on tape.
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SPECIAL NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
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the drive *before* booting from the boot floppy. The installation
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the drive *before* booting from the boot floppies. The installation
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"probe" may otherwise fail to find it.
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Now create a boot floppy as described in section 0.1 and proceed with
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1.5 Installing over a network using FTP or NFS
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--- ------------------------------------------
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After making a boot floppy as described in the first section, you can
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After making the boot floppies as described in the first section, you can
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load the rest of the installation over a network using one of 3 types
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of connections:
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Parallel Port
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-------------
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If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) or Linux
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machine is available, you might also consider installing over a
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"laplink" style parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel
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port is much higher than what is typically possible over a serial line
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(up to 50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation. It's not
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If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD or Linux machine is
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available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" style
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parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much
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higher than what is typically possible over a serial line (up to
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50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation. It's not
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typically necessary to use "real" IP addresses when using a
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point-to-point parallel cable in this way and you can generally just
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use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
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IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use a Linux machine rather than a FreeBSD
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machine as your PLIP peer, you will also have to specify "link0" in
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the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field.
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the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field in
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order to be compatible with Linux's slightly different PLIP protocol.
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Ethernet
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Options flag.
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In order for NFS installation to work, the server must also support
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"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.2 distribution directory
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lives on: ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
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Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
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"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD distribution directory lives
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on: wiggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
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Then wiggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
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/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or /usr/archive/stuff.
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In FreeBSD's /etc/exports file this is controlled by the
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contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would
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work in the absence of a name server:
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ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE
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ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD
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There are two FTP installation modes you can use:
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1.6 Tips for Serial Console Users
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--- -----------------------------
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If you'd like to use a serial console for the installation of the
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FreeBSD into i386 machines, follow these steps.
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If you'd like to install FreeBSD on a machine using just a serial
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port (e.g. you don't have or wish to use a VGA card), please follow
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these steps.
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1. Connect the serial console to the COM1 port of the PC you
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are installing FreeBSD into.
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1. Connect some sort of ANSI (vt100) compatible terminal or terminal
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emulation program to the COM1 port of the PC you are installing
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FreeBSD onto.
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2. Try to boot from either the floppy disk made from kern.flp
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or the installation CD-ROM with the keyboard unplugged.
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2. Unplug the keyboard (yes, that's correct!) and then try to boot
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from floppy or the installation CDROM, depending on the type of
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installation media you have, with the keyboard unplugged.
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3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, re-plug
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in your keyboard and wait for some beeps. If you are
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booting from the CD-ROM, proceed to Step 5 as you hear the
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beep.
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3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, plug
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the keyboard in again and wait for some beeps. If you are
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booting from the CDROM, proceed to Step 5 as soon as you hear
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the beep.
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4. Remove kern.flp and insert mfsroot.flp, and press enter.
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And wait for another beep.
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4. For a floppy boot, the first beep means to remove the kern.flp
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floppy and and insert the mfsroot.flp, after which you should
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press enter and wait for another beep.
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5. Hit the space bar, then enter
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boot -h
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and you should be receiving everything from COM1.
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and you should now definitely be seeing everything on the
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serial port. If that still doesn't work, check your serial
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cabling as well as the settings on your terminal emulation
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program or actual terminal device. It should be set for
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9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity.
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2.0 DOS user's Question and Answer section
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examining its size! :)
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NOTE: FIPS does NOT currently work with FAT32 or VFAT style partitions
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as used by newer versions of Windows 95. To split up such a
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partition, you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic
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3.0. Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows
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partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from
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scratch.
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as used by newer versions of Windows 95. To split up such a partition,
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you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic 3.0. Sorry,
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but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging
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your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from scratch.
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2.2 Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD?
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--- --------------------------------------------------
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There is also a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports collection
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which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS text mode
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applications. It requires the X Window System (provided as XFree86
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3.2) to operate.
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applications. It requires the X Window System (XFree86) to operate.
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---- End of Installation Guide ---
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+=====================================================================+
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Author: Jordan K. Hubbard
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Last updated: Tue Mar 24 00:56:14 PST 1998
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Last updated: Tue May 4 16:05:41 PST 1999
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0.0 Quick Start
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--- -----------
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PC hardware for FreeBSD, you should also read the HARDWARE.TXT file -
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it contains important information which may save you a lot of grief.
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If you're new to FreeBSD then you should also read EVERYTHING listed
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in the Documentation menu on the boot floppy. It may seem like a lot
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in the Documentation menu of the installer. It may seem like a lot
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to read, but the time you spend now reading the documents will be made
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up many times over because you were adequately prepared. Also, you will
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know the types of information available should you get stuck later.
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@ -50,18 +50,21 @@ on the resources available to you.
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The best laid plans sometimes go awry, so if you run into trouble take a
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look at TROUBLE.TXT which contains valuable troubleshooting information.
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You should also read ERRATA.TXT before installing and follow the pointers
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there carefully since this will stop you from falling over any problems
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which have reported in the interim for your particular release.
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DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against
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accidental loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT
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YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation! Please do not proceed to the
|
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final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any
|
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important data first! We really mean it!
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YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation if you make a mistake! Please
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do not proceed to the final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've
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adequately backed up any important data first! We really mean it!
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FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no
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support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of
|
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ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of free hard drive space.
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See below for ways of shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to
|
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install FreeBSD.
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support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install
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and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard
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drive space for the most minimal installation. See below for ways of
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shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD.
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0.1 Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet
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@ -69,33 +72,21 @@ install FreeBSD.
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The easiest type of installation is from CD. If you have a supported
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CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut Creek CDROM,
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there are 3 ways of starting the installation from it:
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there are 2 ways of starting the installation from it:
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1. If your system supports bootable CDROM media (usually an option
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which can be selectively enabled in the controller's setup menu
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or in the PC BIOS for some systems) and you have it enabled,
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FreeBSD 2.2.1 and later CDs support the "El Torrito" bootable
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CD standard. Simply put the installation CD in your CDROM drive
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and boot the system to begin installation.
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FreeBSD supports the "El Torrito" bootable CD standard. Simply
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put the installation CD in your CDROM drive and boot the system
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to begin installation.
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2. If you have drivers which allow you to see your CDROM drive
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from DOS, first disable any fancy memory managers you may
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have configured, change directory to the CDROM (E:\ in the example
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below) and then type this:
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E> install
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and you should boot directly into the FreeBSD installation.
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If either steps fail, please go on to step 3.
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3. Build a FreeBSD boot floppy from the floppies/boot.flp
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file in a FreeBSD distribution. Either simply use the
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2. Build a set of FreeBSD boot floppies from the floppies/
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directory in every FreeBSD distribution. Either simply use the
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``makeflp.bat'' script from DOS or read floppies/README.TXT
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for more information on creating bootable floppies under
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different operating systems. Then you simply boot
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from the floppy and you should go into the FreeBSD
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installation.
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for more information on creating the bootable floppies under
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different operating systems. Then you simply boot from the
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first floppy and you should soon be in the FreeBSD installation.
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If you don't have a CDROM and would like to simply install over the
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net using PPP, slip or a dedicated connection, simply fetch the
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@ -107,22 +98,21 @@ or one of its many mirrors (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html)
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and follow step 3 above. You should also read the floppies/README.TXT
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file as it contains important information for downloaders.
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Once you have a boot floppy made, please go to section 1.5 of this
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Once you have your boot floppies made, please go to section 1.5 of this
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document for additional tips on installing via FTP or NFS.
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1.0 Detail on various installation types
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--- ------------------------------------
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Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen
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somehow, you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go
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from there. If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you
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are also encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the
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Documentation submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on
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the first menu.
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Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen somehow,
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you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go from there.
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If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you are also
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encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the Documentation
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submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on the first menu.
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REMEMBER: If you get stuck at a screen, hit F1 for the online
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documentation for that section.
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NOTE: If you get stuck at a screen, hit the F1 key for online
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documentation relevant to that specific section.
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If you've never installed FreeBSD before, or even if you have, the
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"Novice" installation mode is the most recommended since it makes sure
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@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ on installing from each type of media listed below.
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If you simply wish to install from a local CDROM drive then see the
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Quick Start section. If you don't have a CDROM drive on your system
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and wish to use a FreeBSD distribution CD in the CDROM drive of
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another system to which you have network connectivity, there are
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another system to which you have network connectivity, there are also
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several ways of going about it:
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1. If you would be able to FTP install FreeBSD directly from the CDROM
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@ -169,8 +159,8 @@ several ways of going about it:
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to do that then an NFS installation is probably not the best choice
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for you unless you're willing to read up on rc.conf(5) and configure
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things appropriately. Assuming that this part goes smoothly, you
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should be able to enter: <cdrom-host>:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
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installation when the target machine is installed.
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should be able to enter: cdrom-host:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
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installation when the target machine is installed, e.g. wiggy:/cdrom
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1.2 Installing from Floppies
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@ -180,7 +170,7 @@ If you must install from floppy disks, either due to unsupported
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hardware or just because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must
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first prepare some floppies for the install.
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First, make a boot floppy as described in floppies/README.TXT
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First, make your boot floppies as described in floppies/README.TXT
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Second, read the file LAYOUT.TXT and pay special attention to the
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"Distribution format" section since it describes which files you're
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@ -221,7 +211,7 @@ of the bin set since it is read by the installation program in order
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|||
to figure out how many additional pieces to look for when fetching and
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concatenating the distribution. When putting distributions onto
|
||||
floppies, the <distname>.inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each
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distribution set!
|
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distribution set! This is also covered in ABOUT.TXT
|
||||
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Once you come to the Media screen of the install, select "Floppy" and
|
||||
you'll be prompted for the rest.
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||||
|
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@ -246,9 +236,8 @@ space for), install each one in a directory under `C:\FREEBSD' - the
|
|||
BIN dist is only the minimal requirement.
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||||
|
||||
Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation
|
||||
from DOS by running the install.bat script (NOTE: Some memory managers
|
||||
don't like this - disable QEMM or EMM386 if they're running before trying
|
||||
this) or making a boot floppy as described in section 0.1.
|
||||
from floppies as normal and select "DOS" as your media type when the time
|
||||
comes.
|
||||
|
||||
|
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1.4 Installing from QIC/SCSI Tape
|
||||
|
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@ -271,7 +260,7 @@ expect to require as much temporary storage as you have stuff written
|
|||
on tape.
|
||||
|
||||
SPECIAL NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
|
||||
the drive *before* booting from the boot floppy. The installation
|
||||
the drive *before* booting from the boot floppies. The installation
|
||||
"probe" may otherwise fail to find it.
|
||||
|
||||
Now create a boot floppy as described in section 0.1 and proceed with
|
||||
|
|
@ -281,7 +270,7 @@ the installation.
|
|||
1.5 Installing over a network using FTP or NFS
|
||||
--- ------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
After making a boot floppy as described in the first section, you can
|
||||
After making the boot floppies as described in the first section, you can
|
||||
load the rest of the installation over a network using one of 3 types
|
||||
of connections:
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -315,11 +304,11 @@ provides only a very simple terminal emulator.
|
|||
Parallel Port
|
||||
-------------
|
||||
|
||||
If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) or Linux
|
||||
machine is available, you might also consider installing over a
|
||||
"laplink" style parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel
|
||||
port is much higher than what is typically possible over a serial line
|
||||
(up to 50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation. It's not
|
||||
If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD or Linux machine is
|
||||
available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" style
|
||||
parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much
|
||||
higher than what is typically possible over a serial line (up to
|
||||
50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation. It's not
|
||||
typically necessary to use "real" IP addresses when using a
|
||||
point-to-point parallel cable in this way and you can generally just
|
||||
use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
|
||||
|
|
@ -327,7 +316,8 @@ use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
|
|||
|
||||
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use a Linux machine rather than a FreeBSD
|
||||
machine as your PLIP peer, you will also have to specify "link0" in
|
||||
the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field.
|
||||
the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field in
|
||||
order to be compatible with Linux's slightly different PLIP protocol.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Ethernet
|
||||
|
|
@ -376,9 +366,9 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
|
|||
Options flag.
|
||||
|
||||
In order for NFS installation to work, the server must also support
|
||||
"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.2 distribution directory
|
||||
lives on: ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
|
||||
Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
|
||||
"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD distribution directory lives
|
||||
on: wiggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
|
||||
Then wiggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
|
||||
/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or /usr/archive/stuff.
|
||||
|
||||
In FreeBSD's /etc/exports file this is controlled by the
|
||||
|
|
@ -403,7 +393,7 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
|
|||
contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would
|
||||
work in the absence of a name server:
|
||||
|
||||
ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE
|
||||
ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD
|
||||
|
||||
There are two FTP installation modes you can use:
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -435,28 +425,36 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
|
|||
1.6 Tips for Serial Console Users
|
||||
--- -----------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
If you'd like to use a serial console for the installation of the
|
||||
FreeBSD into i386 machines, follow these steps.
|
||||
If you'd like to install FreeBSD on a machine using just a serial
|
||||
port (e.g. you don't have or wish to use a VGA card), please follow
|
||||
these steps.
|
||||
|
||||
1. Connect the serial console to the COM1 port of the PC you
|
||||
are installing FreeBSD into.
|
||||
1. Connect some sort of ANSI (vt100) compatible terminal or terminal
|
||||
emulation program to the COM1 port of the PC you are installing
|
||||
FreeBSD onto.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Try to boot from either the floppy disk made from kern.flp
|
||||
or the installation CD-ROM with the keyboard unplugged.
|
||||
2. Unplug the keyboard (yes, that's correct!) and then try to boot
|
||||
from floppy or the installation CDROM, depending on the type of
|
||||
installation media you have, with the keyboard unplugged.
|
||||
|
||||
3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, re-plug
|
||||
in your keyboard and wait for some beeps. If you are
|
||||
booting from the CD-ROM, proceed to Step 5 as you hear the
|
||||
beep.
|
||||
3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, plug
|
||||
the keyboard in again and wait for some beeps. If you are
|
||||
booting from the CDROM, proceed to Step 5 as soon as you hear
|
||||
the beep.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Remove kern.flp and insert mfsroot.flp, and press enter.
|
||||
And wait for another beep.
|
||||
4. For a floppy boot, the first beep means to remove the kern.flp
|
||||
floppy and and insert the mfsroot.flp, after which you should
|
||||
press enter and wait for another beep.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Hit the space bar, then enter
|
||||
|
||||
boot -h
|
||||
|
||||
and you should be receiving everything from COM1.
|
||||
and you should now definitely be seeing everything on the
|
||||
serial port. If that still doesn't work, check your serial
|
||||
cabling as well as the settings on your terminal emulation
|
||||
program or actual terminal device. It should be set for
|
||||
9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
2.0 DOS user's Question and Answer section
|
||||
|
|
@ -483,11 +481,10 @@ the extra DOS Primary partition (making sure it's the right one by
|
|||
examining its size! :)
|
||||
|
||||
NOTE: FIPS does NOT currently work with FAT32 or VFAT style partitions
|
||||
as used by newer versions of Windows 95. To split up such a
|
||||
partition, you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic
|
||||
3.0. Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows
|
||||
partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from
|
||||
scratch.
|
||||
as used by newer versions of Windows 95. To split up such a partition,
|
||||
you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic 3.0. Sorry,
|
||||
but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging
|
||||
your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from scratch.
|
||||
|
||||
2.2 Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD?
|
||||
--- --------------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
|
@ -527,8 +524,6 @@ this ongoing effort!
|
|||
|
||||
There is also a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports collection
|
||||
which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS text mode
|
||||
applications. It requires the X Window System (provided as XFree86
|
||||
3.2) to operate.
|
||||
|
||||
applications. It requires the X Window System (XFree86) to operate.
|
||||
|
||||
---- End of Installation Guide ---
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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