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1You can install from the following types of media:
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1You can install from the following types of media:
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3 CDROM - requires one of the following supported CDROM drives:
3 CDROM requires one of the following supported CDROM drives:
4 Sony CDU 31/33A
5 Matushita/Panasonic "Sound Blaster" CDROM.
6 Mitsumi FX-001{A-D} (older non-IDE drives).
7 SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to
8 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide).
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5 Sony CDU 31/33A
6 Matushita/Panasonic "Sound Blaster" CDROM.
7 Mitsumi FX-001{A-D} (older non-IDE drives).
8 SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to
9 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide).
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11 DOS - A DOS primary partition with the required FreeBSD
12 distribution files copied onto it (e.g. C:\FREEBSD\)
11 DOS A DOS primary partition with the required FreeBSD
12 distribution files copied onto it (e.g. C:\FREEBSD\)
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14 FS - Assuming a disk or partition with an existing
15 FreeBSD file system and distribution set on it,
16 get the distribution files from there.
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18 Floppy - Get distribution files from one or more DOS formatted
19 floppies.
15 FS Assuming a disk or partition with an existing
16 FreeBSD file system and distribution set on it,
17 get the distribution files from there.
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21 FTP - Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server
22 (you will be presented with a list).
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24 NFS - Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere
25 (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!)
20 Floppy Get distribution files from one or more DOS or UFS
21 formatted floppies.
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27 Tape - Extract distribution files from tape into a temporary
28 directory and install from there.
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24 FTP Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server
25 (you will be presented with a list). Please note that
26 there are also two ways of invoking FTP in either
27 "Active" and "Passive" mode.
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29 Active mode is the standard way of fetching files and
30 Passive mode is for use when you're behind a firewall or
31 some other security mechanism that blocks active FTP
32 connections. If you chose "other" in the FTP menu, please
33 also note that all paths are *relative* to the home
34 directory of the user being logged in as. By default, this
35 is the user "ftp" (anonymous ftp) but you may change this
36 in the Options screen.
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39 NFS Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere
40 (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!).
41 If this install method hangs on you or refuses to work
42 properly, you may need to set some special options for
43 your NFS server. See the Options screen for more details.
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46 Tape Extract distribution files from tape into a temporary
47 directory and install from there. If the tape was created
48 with blocksize other than 20, you may wish to change this
49 in the Options screen.