Add pre-installation tasks relative to the USB memstick. Inform the
reader that installation floppies are no longer available for 8.X and above. PR: docs/147347 and docs/149230 Patch submitted by: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
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<para>A CDROM or DVD</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A USB Memory Stick</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A DOS partition on the same computer</para>
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</listitem>
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the operating system installed on your hard disk, but it can also be
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configured to use a <quote>bootable</quote> floppy disk.
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Most modern computers can also
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boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive.</para>
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boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a USB disk.</para>
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<tip>
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<para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased
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FreeBSD without any other special preparation.</para>
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</tip>
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<para>To create a bootable memory stick, follow these
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steps:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<title>Acquire the Memory Stick Image</title>
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<para>The memory stick image can be downloaded from the
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<filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename>
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directory from
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<literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/ISO-IMAGES/<replaceable><version></replaceable>/&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-<arch>-memstick.img</literal>.
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Replace <replaceable><arch></replaceable> and
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<replaceable><version></replaceable> with the
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architecture and the version number which you want to
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install, respectively. For example, the memory stick
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images for &os;/&arch.i386; &rel.current;-RELEASE are
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available from <ulink
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/&arch.i386;/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img"></ulink>.</para>
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<para>The memory stick image has a <filename>.img</filename>
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extension. The <filename
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class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory
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contains a number of different images, and the one you
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will need to use will depend on the version of &os; you
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are installing, and in some cases, the hardware you are
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installing to.</para>
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<important>
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<para>Before proceeding, <emphasis>back up</emphasis> the
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data you currently have on your USB stick, as this
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procedure will <emphasis>erase</emphasis> it.</para>
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</important>
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</step>
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<step>
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<title>Prepare the Memory Stick</title>
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<warning>
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<para>The example below lists
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<filename>/dev/da0</filename> as the target device from
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which you will be booting. Be very careful that you
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have the correct device as the output target, or you may
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destroy your existing data.</para>
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</warning>
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<para>Set the <literal>kern.geom.debugflags</literal> sysctl
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to be able to write a master boot record to the target
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device.</para>
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<screen><userinput>&prompt.root; sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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<step>
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<title>Write the Image File to the Memory Stick</title>
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<para>The <filename>.img</filename> file is
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<emphasis>not</emphasis> a regular file you copy to the
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memory stick. It is an image of the complete contents of
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the disk. This means that you <emphasis>cannot</emphasis>
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simply copy files from one disk to another. Instead, you
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must use &man.dd.1; to write the image directly to the
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disk:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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<para>To create boot floppy images, follow these steps:</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
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<important>
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<para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are
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no longer available. Please see above for instructions
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on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just
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use a CDROM or a DVD.</para>
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</important>
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<para>The boot disks are available on your installation media
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in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and
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can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/<replaceable><version></replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
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with the architecture and the version number
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which you want to install, respectively.
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For example, the boot floppy images for
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&os;/&arch.i386; &rel.current;-RELEASE are available
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from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>
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&os;/&arch.i386; &rel2.current;-RELEASE are available
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from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>
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<para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename> extension.
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The <filename>floppies/</filename> directory contains a number of
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