Installing FreeBSD on HP Computer that is using software RAID 5
Trond Endrestøl
Trond.Endrestol at fagskolen.gjovik.no
Thu Jan 3 22:31:50 UTC 2019
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 16:43-0000, Carmel NY wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 12:59:55 +0100 (CET), Trond Endrestøl stated:
>
> >I hope you'll choose FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso or
> >FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.
> >
> >The bootonly image does only boot the system, it does not contain the
> >files needed to perform an installation.
> >
> >The dvd1 image is similar to the disc1 image, but it also contains
> >prebuilt packages if you prefer that.
>
> I have used the "Boot Only" disk for FreeBSD 11 on another PC. Once
> started, it asked several questions and then proceeded to download
> the required files via the Internet. I had an Ethernet connection
> hooked up to that PC before I started the PC. Have things changes since
> then?
No, they haven't. I was unsure if you had another way of accessing the
distribution files given the minimalism of bootonly. Happy hacking.
--
Trond.
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