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Step 4Installing FreeBSD and the Ports collection
Due to time constraints, I only have time to cover the required software and a brief overview of the installation process.
Obtaining the OS
Grab the CD ISOs or purchase the actual CDs or DVD from www.freebsd.org You can use either FreeBSD 5.4 or 6.0, either one works. Be sure you download the correct image for your architecture (only x86 is covered here). When in doubt, just grab the x86 and try it. I've never tried the AMD64 version of FreeBSD. The libraries were a pain to maintain with the AMD64 version of FC2 though. If you've used this architecture build, let me know how it works. If you have a 64-bit AMD processor, it is backwards compatible with the x86 architecture, so you have something to fallback to if you want to have an adventure in 64-bit computing.
Preparing the installation media
If you've downloaded the ISOs, burn them to CDs. Make sure your BIOS is set to use the CD/DVD drive as your primare boot device
The OS Installation Process
Follow FreeBSD's installation procedures. The default partition settings work fine for our purpose, but if you don't plan on rotating your logs regularly, you might want to increase the size of the /var partition.
As far as the ports collection is concerned, there are two methods to consider. If you don't want to bother with manually installing only what you need, install the entire ports collection; otherwise, perform a minimal install
» Update your ports collection. THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you do this PRIOR to building and installing any software, you'll save time later by not having to upgrade.
» Make sure all of your hardware is recognized. You may want to install the nVidia or ATI drivers if you're going to be using a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome
» Configure your ethernet interfaces
» Reboot and make sure that everything works and that you have internet access (by using lynx to view a website, or a simple ping connectivity test)
Again, any collaboration would be appreciated. See the intro for contact details.
Obtaining the OS
Grab the CD ISOs or purchase the actual CDs or DVD from www.freebsd.org You can use either FreeBSD 5.4 or 6.0, either one works. Be sure you download the correct image for your architecture (only x86 is covered here). When in doubt, just grab the x86 and try it. I've never tried the AMD64 version of FreeBSD. The libraries were a pain to maintain with the AMD64 version of FC2 though. If you've used this architecture build, let me know how it works. If you have a 64-bit AMD processor, it is backwards compatible with the x86 architecture, so you have something to fallback to if you want to have an adventure in 64-bit computing.
Preparing the installation media
If you've downloaded the ISOs, burn them to CDs. Make sure your BIOS is set to use the CD/DVD drive as your primare boot device
The OS Installation Process
Follow FreeBSD's installation procedures. The default partition settings work fine for our purpose, but if you don't plan on rotating your logs regularly, you might want to increase the size of the /var partition.
As far as the ports collection is concerned, there are two methods to consider. If you don't want to bother with manually installing only what you need, install the entire ports collection; otherwise, perform a minimal install
» Update your ports collection. THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you do this PRIOR to building and installing any software, you'll save time later by not having to upgrade.
» Make sure all of your hardware is recognized. You may want to install the nVidia or ATI drivers if you're going to be using a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome
» Configure your ethernet interfaces
» Reboot and make sure that everything works and that you have internet access (by using lynx to view a website, or a simple ping connectivity test)
Again, any collaboration would be appreciated. See the intro for contact details.
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