1247280SdteskeYou can install from the following types of media: 2247280Sdteske 3247280Sdteske CDROM requires one of the following supported CDROM drives: 4247280Sdteske ATAPI - Any standard ATAPI CDROM drive hooked to 5247280Sdteske a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 6247280Sdteske SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to 7247280Sdteske a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 8247280Sdteske 9247280Sdteske 10247280Sdteske DOS A DOS primary partition with the required FreeBSD 11247280Sdteske distribution files copied onto it (e.g. C:\FREEBSD\) 12247280Sdteske 13247280Sdteske 14247280Sdteske UFS Assuming a disk or partition with an existing 15247280Sdteske FreeBSD file system and distribution set on it, 16247280Sdteske get the distribution files from there. 17247280Sdteske 18247280Sdteske 19247280Sdteske Floppy Get distribution files from one or more DOS or UFS 20247280Sdteske formatted floppies. Such floppies are assumed to 21247280Sdteske contain the appropriate distribution pieces - see 22247280Sdteske ABOUT.TXT for more information about making floppy 23247280Sdteske distribution media. 24247280Sdteske 25247280Sdteske 26247280Sdteske FTP Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server 27247280Sdteske (you will be presented with a list). Please note that 28252112Sdteske you may invoke FTP in "Active"/"Passive" auto-mode, or 29247280Sdteske via an HTTP proxy. 30247280Sdteske 31252112Sdteske By default, ftp(1) will automatically use the best mode 32252112Sdteske for the server. Using an HTTP proxy is sometimes necessary 33247280Sdteske for firewalls which block all FTP connections. 34247280Sdteske 35247280Sdteske If you chose to enter your own URL in the FTP menu, please 36247280Sdteske note that all paths are *relative* to the home directory 37247280Sdteske of the user being logged in as. By default, this is the 38247280Sdteske user "ftp" (anonymous ftp) but you may change this in the 39247280Sdteske Options screen. 40247280Sdteske 41247280Sdteske 42252112Sdteske HTTP Direct 43252112Sdteske Get the distribution files directly from an HTTP server. 44252112Sdteske 45252112Sdteske If you chose to enter your own URL in the HTTP Direct menu, 46252112Sdteske please note that all paths are *relative* to the root 47252112Sdteske directory of the web server. 48252112Sdteske 49252112Sdteske 50247280Sdteske NFS Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere 51247280Sdteske (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!). 52247280Sdteske If this install method hangs on you or refuses to work 53247280Sdteske properly, you may need to set some special options for 54247280Sdteske your NFS server. See the Options screen for more details. 55