FreeBSD® Unleashed

Chapter 2. Installing FreeBSD

In This Chapter

• Checking Your Hardware

• Creating Boot Disks

• Booting in to the Install Program

• Introduction to the FreeBSD Sysinstall Program

• Navigating the Sysinstall Program

• Creating Partitions and Assigning Mount Points

• Selecting a Canned Distribution Set

• Choose the Installation Media

• Post-Installation

• Exiting the Install and Rebooting the System

• Booting FreeBSD for the First Time

• Shutting Down FreeBSD

Before you can use FreeBSD, you need to install it on to your system's hard disk. This is a relatively painless process and you shouldn't have any problems if you follow the directions in this chapter carefully. Depending on how fast your system and your CD-ROM drive run, the installation process will take anywhere from about ...