Installing FreeBSD Operating System on x86 Screenshots

warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/k/h/a/khairisuleiman/html/index.php:3) in /home/content/k/h/a/khairisuleiman/html/includes/common.inc on line 141.

HTML clipboard

Installing FreeBSD.

Installing FreeBSD using text based is more easier and use the installation program called sysinstall.

Start with your computer turned off.

Turn on the computer. As it starts it should display an option to enter the system set up menu, or BIOS, commonly reached by keys likeF2, F10, Del, or Alt+S. Use whichever keystroke is indicated on screen. In some cases your computer may display a graphic while it
starts. Typically, pressing Esc will dismiss the graphic and allow you to see the necessary messages.

Find the setting that controls which devices the system boots from. This is usually labeled as the “Boot Order” and commonly shown as a list of devices, such as Floppy, CDROM,
First Hard Disk, and so on.

If you needed to prepare boot floppies, then make sure that the floppy disk is selected. If you are booting from the CDROM then make sure that that is selected instead. In case of doubt, you should consult the manual that came with your computer, and/or its motherboard.

Make the change, then save and exit. The computer should now restart.

If you are booting from CDROM, then you will need to turn on the computer, and insert the CDROM at the first opportunity.

If your computer starts up as normal and loads your existing operating system, then either:

The disks were not inserted early enough in the boot process. Leave them in, and try restarting your computer.
The BIOS changes earlier did not work correctly. You should redo that step until you get the right option.
Your particular BIOS does not support booting from the desired media.

FreeBSD will start to boot. If you are booting from CDROM you will see a display similar to this (version information omitted):

Booting from CD-Rom...CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard
BIOS CD is cd0
BIOS drive C: is disk0
BIOS drive D: is disk1
BIOS 639kB/261120kB available memory
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x64daa0 data=0xa4e80+0xa9e40 syms=[0x4+0x6cac0+0x4+0x88e9d]
\

If you are booting from floppy disc, you will see a display similar to this (version information omitted):

Booting from Floppy...
Uncompressing ... done
BTX loader 1.00  BTX version is 1.01 
Console: internal video/keyboard 
BIOS drive A: is disk0 
BIOS drive C: is disk1 
BIOS 639kB/261120kB available memory 
FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/kernel text=0x277391 data=0x3268c+0x332a8 |
Insert disk labelled "Kernel floppy 1" and press any key...

Follow these instructions by removing the boot.flp
disc, insert the kern1.flp disc, and pressEnter. Boot from first floppy; when prompted, insert the other disks as required.

Whether you booted from floppy or CDROM, the boot process will then get to the FreeBSD boot loader menu:

FreeBSD Boot Loader Menu

Selecting Country Menu

Select Sysinstall Exit

Use the arrow keys to select Exit Install from the Main Install Screen menu. The following message will display:

If you are entering the Usage Quick start your will see the usage box as below. Click Ok to proceed installation

Creating Slices Using FDisk.

This will bring you a message to creating the FDisk. Enter to proceed Fdisk Partitioning

If you want to use FreeBSD for the entire disk (which will delete all the other data on this disk when you confirm that you want sysinstall to continue later in the installation process) then you can pressA, which corresponds to the Use Entire Disk option. The existing slices will be removed, and replaced
with a small area flagged as unused (again, an artifact of PC disk layout), and then one large slice for FreeBSD. If you do this, then you should select the newly created FreeBSD slice using the arrow keys, and press S to mark the slice as being bootable.

SysInstall Boot Manager Menu.

If FreeBSD is going to be the only operating system on this machine, installed on the first hard disk, then the Standard boot manager will suffice. Choose None if you
are using a third-party boot manager capable of booting FreeBSD.

Press Enter and continue with the installation.

Sysinstall Disk Label Editor

The first few lines show the name of the disk you are currently working on, and the slice that contains the partitions you are creating (at this pointDisklabel calls this the Partition name rather than slice name). This display also shows the amount of free space within the slice; that is, space that was set aside in the slice, but that has not yet been assigned to a partition.

The middle of the display shows the partitions that have been created, the name of the filesystem that each partition contains, their size, and some options pertaining to the creation of the filesystem.

The bottom third of the screen shows the keystrokes that are valid inDisklabel.

Sysinstall Disklabel Editor with Auto Defaults

Disklabel can automatically create partitions for you and assign them default sizes. The default sizes are calculated with the help of an internal partition sizing algorithm based on the disk size. Try this now, by Pressing A.