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This conversion has been made by Ollivier Robert. This conversion has been made by Ollivier Robert.
$Id: booting.sgml,v 1.1 1995-04-28 19:48:56 jfieber Exp $ $Id: booting.sgml,v 1.2 1995-05-10 11:34:06 jfieber Exp $
-->
<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//Linux//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
<article> <article>
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</abstract> </abstract>
<toc> <toc>
-->
<chapt><heading>Booting FreeBSD on a PC</heading>
<p><em>Contributed by &a.phk;. v1.1, April 26th.</em>
Booting FreeBSD is essentially a three step: Load the kernel,
determine the root filesystem and initialize user-land things. This
leads to some interesting possibilities shown below.
<sect>Loading a kernel <sect>Loading a kernel
<p> <p>
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This is particular interesting since you can boot from a write- This is particular interesting since you can boot from a write-
protected floppy, but still write to your root filesystem... protected floppy, but still write to your root filesystem...
</descrip> </descrip>
</article>

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<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.2 1995-05-10 00:12:18 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.3 1995-05-10 11:34:07 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
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<!ENTITY bibliography SYSTEM "bibliography.sgml"> <!ENTITY bibliography SYSTEM "bibliography.sgml">
<!ENTITY basics SYSTEM "basics.sgml"> <!ENTITY basics SYSTEM "basics.sgml">
<!ENTITY booting SYSTEM "booting.sgml">
<!ENTITY ctm SYSTEM "ctm.sgml"> <!ENTITY ctm SYSTEM "ctm.sgml">
<!ENTITY current SYSTEM "current.sgml"> <!ENTITY current SYSTEM "current.sgml">
<!ENTITY dialup SYSTEM "dialup.sgml"> <!ENTITY dialup SYSTEM "dialup.sgml">
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<title>FreeBSD Handbook <title>FreeBSD Handbook
<author> <author>
<name></name> <name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name>
<!-- <date> --> </author>
<date>May 6, 1995</date>
<abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the
installation and day to day use of FreeBSD. installation and day to day use of FreeBSD.
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<toc> <toc>
<!-- ************************************************************ -->
<part><heading>Basics</heading>
<chapt><heading>Introduction</heading> <chapt><heading>Introduction</heading>
<sect><heading>FreeBSD In a nutshell</heading> <sect><heading>FreeBSD In a nutshell</heading>
<sect><heading>History</heading> <sect><heading>History</heading>
<sect><heading>About this release</heading> <sect><heading>About this release</heading>
<sect><heading>FreeBSD now and in the future</heading> <sect><heading>FreeBSD now and in the future</heading>
<chapt><heading>Installing FreeBSD</heading> <chapt><heading>Installing FreeBSD</heading>
<sect><heading>Preparing for the installation</heading> <sect><heading>Preparing for the installation</heading>
<sect1><heading>Hardware checklist</heading> <sect1><heading>Hardware checklist</heading>
<sect2><heading>minimal requirements</heading> <sect2><heading>minimal requirements</heading>
<sect2><heading>IRQs, IO Addresses, and DMA channels</heading> <sect2><heading>IRQs, IO Addresses, and DMA channels</heading>
<sect1><heading>Software checklist</heading> <sect1><heading>Software checklist</heading>
<sect2><heading>Making the installation floppies</heading> <sect2><heading>Making the installation floppies</heading>
<sect2><heading>CD-ROM</heading> <sect2><heading>CD-ROM</heading>
<sect2><heading>Tape</heading> <sect2><heading>Tape</heading>
<sect2><heading>Disk</heading> <sect2><heading>Disk</heading>
<sect><heading>Installation</heading> <sect><heading>Installation</heading>
<sect><heading>Set up a user account</heading> <sect><heading>Set up a user account</heading>
&basics; &basics;
<chapt><heading>Installing applications</heading> <chapt><heading>Installing applications</heading>
<sect><heading>Installing packages</heading> <sect><heading>Installing packages</heading>
&ports; &ports;
&porting; &porting;
<!-- ************************************************************ -->
<part><heading>System Administration</heading>
<chapt><heading>Reconfiguring the kernel</heading> <chapt><heading>Reconfiguring the kernel</heading>
<p>Once you have your FreeBSD system installed and <chapt><heading>Users, groups and security</heading>
operational it is a good idead to re-configure the <sect><heading>DES, MD5 and Crypt</heading>
kernel. You may also need to re-configure the kernel if &kerberos;
you add, change, or remove hardware from your system. <sect><heading>S/Key</heading>
<sect><heading>Firewalls</heading>
<p> <chapt><heading>The X-Window System</heading>
<chapt><heading>Printing</heading>
<chapt><heading>Managing hardware</heading>
&scsi;
<sect><heading>adding/reconfiguring disks</heading>
<sect><heading>tapes and backups</heading>
<sect><heading>serial ports</heading>
<sect><heading>sound cards</heading>
<chapt><heading>PC Hardware compatibility</heading>
<sect><heading>CORE/PROCESSING</heading>
<sect1><heading>Motherboards</heading>
<sect2><heading>ISA</heading>
<sect2><heading>EISA</heading>
<sect2><heading>VLB</heading>
<sect2><heading>PCI</heading>
<sect1><heading>CPUs/FPUs</heading>
<sect1><heading>Memory</heading>
<sect1><heading>BIOS</heading>
<sect><heading>INPUT/OUTPUT</heading>
<sect1><heading>Video cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Sound cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Serial ports (including multiport cards)</heading>
<sect1><heading>Parallel ports</heading>
<sect1><heading>Modems</heading>
<sect1><heading>Etherenet cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Keyboards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Mice</heading>
<sect1><heading>Other (joysticks? tablets?)</heading>
<sect><heading>STORAGE</heading>
<sect1><heading>Disk/tape controllers</heading>
<sect2><heading>SCSI</heading>
<sect2><heading>IDE</heading>
<sect2><heading>Floppy</heading>
<sect1><heading>Hard drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>Tape drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>CD-ROM drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>Other</heading>
<sect><heading>OTHER</heading>
<sect1><heading>PCMCIA</heading>
<!-- ************************************************************ -->
<part><heading>Network Communications</heading>
<chapt><heading>Basic Networking</heading> <chapt><heading>Basic Networking</heading>
<sect><heading>Ethernet basics</heading> <sect><heading>Ethernet basics</heading>
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&dialup; &dialup;
<chapt><heading>PPP and SLIP</heading> <chapt><heading>PPP and SLIP</heading>
&ppp; &ppp;
&slipc; &slipc;
&slips; &slips;
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<chapt><heading>Mail</heading> <chapt><heading>Mail</heading>
<chapt><heading>Printing</heading>
<chapt><heading>Users, groups and security</heading>
<sect><heading>DES, MD5 and Crypt</heading>
&kerberos;
<sect><heading>S/Key</heading> <!-- ************************************************************ -->
<sect><heading>Firewalls</heading> <part><heading>Advanced topics</heading>
&booting;
<chapt><heading>The X-Window System</heading>
<chapt><heading>Managing hardware</heading>
&scsi;
<sect><heading>adding/reconfiguring disks</heading>
<sect><heading>tapes and backups</heading>
<sect><heading>serial ports</heading>
<sect><heading>sound cards</heading>
<chapt><heading>PC Hardware compatibility</heading>
<sect><heading>CORE/PROCESSING</heading>
<sect1><heading>Motherboards</heading>
<sect2><heading>ISA</heading>
<sect2><heading>EISA</heading>
<sect2><heading>VLB</heading>
<sect2><heading>PCI</heading>
<sect1><heading>CPUs/FPUs</heading>
<sect1><heading>Memory</heading>
<sect1><heading>BIOS</heading>
<sect><heading>INPUT/OUTPUT</heading>
<sect1><heading>Video cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Sound cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Serial ports (including multiport cards)</heading>
<sect1><heading>Parallel ports</heading>
<sect1><heading>Modems</heading>
<sect1><heading>Etherenet cards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Keyboards</heading>
<sect1><heading>Mice</heading>
<sect1><heading>Other (joysticks? tablets?)</heading>
<sect><heading>STORAGE</heading>
<sect1><heading>Disk/tape controllers</heading>
<sect2><heading>SCSI</heading>
<sect2><heading>IDE</heading>
<sect2><heading>Floppy</heading>
<sect1><heading>Hard drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>Tape drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>CD-ROM drives</heading>
<sect1><heading>Other</heading>
<sect><heading>OTHER</heading>
<sect1><heading>PCMCIA</heading>
&current; &current;
&ctm; &ctm;
&sup; &sup;
<chapt><heading>Kernel debugging</heading>
&troubleshooting; &troubleshooting;
&submitters; &submitters;
<part><heading>Additional resources</heading>
&bibliography; &bibliography;
&eresources; &eresources;
&glossary; &glossary;