Revision as of 06:05, 21 November 2007

Introduction

This guide, will cover installing FreeBSD 6.2-Release from CD/FTP for the Intel x86, x86-64, and AMD64 platforms. Since the variation between 32bit and 64bit is nominal, additional information or instructions will be indicated when applicable.

This guide, will also assume that the general person reading it, is migrating from a Windows environment. (ie. Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista)

In the interim of this guide being completed, please refer to the installation chapters in The FreeBSD Handbook

Handbook: Chapter 2,

Thank you for your patience while I (we?) complete this. And have a scien-tastic day.

System Requirements

The basic system requirements, for installation of the AMD64 build of FreeBSD requires the following base hardware:

a 486 or better processor
at least 24 MB of RAM
150MB free HD space.
DVD/CD-ROM Drive
VGA Compatible video card
patience

Pre-Install Checklist

As you should be doing on a regular basis anyway (stops to laugh for a while). You need to make sure you have a good current backup of your data files. As with any operating system installation, you may accidentally delete something that you wanted to save. trust me. please.

The next step, is to check your personal hardware setup, verses that of the FreeBSD Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). (link here to hardware list). Hopefully, you did this in the last step, but if you didn't, please take the time to do it now. It will save you some stress later. I promise.

Starting The Install

Hey, I told you I was working on it. :)