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Explain more about the split between "The stuff you download that's used

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to install FreeBSD" and "The stuff you boot from to get in to Sysinstall".

Explain how to use the ISO images the project provides to burn your own
copies of FreeBSD.  I was astonished to discover that we didn't seem to
document this.
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url="../../../../index.html">FreeBSD web site</ulink>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="install-floppies">
<title>Prepare the Boot Discs</title>
<para>FreeBSD can be installed from a number of different media; CDROM,
DVD, FTP (both anonymous and non-anonymous), NFS, tape, or an existing
MS-DOS partition.</para>
<sect2>
<title>Obtain the FreeBSD installation files</title>
<tip>
<para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD, and your computer allows
you to boot from the CDROM or DVD (typically a BIOS option called
<quote>Boot Order</quote> or similar) then you can skip this
section. The FreeBSD CDROM and DVD images are bootable and can be
used to install FreeBSD without any other special
preparation.</para>
</tip>
<para>The FreeBSD installation process can install FreeBSD from files
located in the any of the following places:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Local media</title>
<listitem>
<para>A CDROM</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A DOS partition on the same computer</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A tape</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Floppy disks</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Network</title>
<listitem>
<para>An FTP site, going through a firewall, or using an HTTP proxy,
as necessary</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>An NFS server</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A dedicated parallel or serial connection</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>If you have purchased FreeBSD on CD or DVD then you already have
everything you need, and should proceed to the next section
(<link linkend="install-floppies">Preparing the Boot
Media</link>).</para>
<para>If you have not obtained the FreeBSD installation files you should
skip ahead to <xref linkend="install-diff-media"> which explains how
to prepare to install FreeBSD from any of the above. After reading
that section, you should come back here, and read on to
<xref linkend="install-floppies">.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="install-floppies">
<title>Prepare the Boot Media</title>
<para>The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting your
computer into the FreeBSD installer&mdash;it is not a program you run
within another operating system. To do this, you must create some
floppy disks that can be booted from, and then boot from them.</para>
within another operating system. Your computer normally boots using
the operating system installed on your hard disk, but it can also be
configured to use a <quote>bootable</quote> floppy disk. It may also
be able to boot from a disk in the CDROM drive.</para>
<para>If you are <emphasis>not</emphasis> installing directly from
CDROM, DVD, or FTP then you are probably preparing your own
installation media (e.g., an MS-DOS partition), which must be prepared
before you install FreeBSD. This is a slightly more advanced,
infrequent activity, and is documented in <xref
linkend="install-diff-media">. This includes the scenario where you
want to create your own FTP site on your own network so that other
computers can use your site as a FreeBSD FTP installation site.</para>
<para>In general, to create boot floppy images, follow these
steps:</para>
<tip>
<para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased,
or you prepared yourself), and your computer allows you to boot from
the CDROM or DVD (typically a BIOS option called <quote>Boot
Order</quote> or similar) then you can skip this section. The
FreeBSD CDROM and DVD images are bootable and can be used to install
FreeBSD without any other special preparation.</para>
</tip>
<para>To create boot floppy images, follow these steps:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
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FreeBSD.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect2 id="install-cdrom">
<title>Creating an installation CDROM</title>
<para>As part of each release, the FreeBSD project makes available five
CDROM images (<quote>ISO images</quote>). These images can be written
(<quote>burned</quote>) to CDs if you have a CD writer, and then used
to install FreeBSD. If you have a CD writer, and bandwidth is cheap,
then this is the easiest way to install FreeBSD.</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<title>Download the correct ISO images</title>
<para>The ISO images for each release can be downloaded from <filename>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/<replaceable>version</replaceable></filename> or the closest mirror.
Substitute <replaceable>arch</replaceable> and
<replaceable>version</replaceable> as appropriate.</para>
<para>That directory will normally contain the following images.</para>
<table frame="none">
<title>FreeBSD ISO image names and meanings</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Filename</entry>
<entry>Contains</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-mini.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>Everything you need to install FreeBSD.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>Everything you need to install FreeBSD, and as many
additional third party packages as would fit on the
disc.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-disc2.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>A <quote>live filesystem</quote>, which is used in
conjunction with the <quote>Repair</quote> facility in
<application>Sysinstall</application>. A copy of the
FreeBSD CVS tree. As many additional third party packages
as would fit on the disc.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-disc3.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>As many additional third party packages as would fit
on the disc.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename><replaceable>version</replaceable>-disc4.iso</filename></entry>
<entry>As many additional third party packages as would fit
on the disc.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<note>
<para>The mini ISO was only produced for FreeBSD 4.4 and
subsequent releases. The images for discs two, three, and four
were only produced for FreeBSD 4.5 and subsequent
releases.</para>
</note>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> download one of either the mini
ISO image, or the image of disc one. Do not download both of them,
since the disc one image contains everything that the mini ISO
image contains.</para>
<para>Use the mini ISO if Internet access is cheap for you. It will
let you install FreeBSD, and you can then install third party
packages by downloading them using the ports/packages system (see
<xref linkend="ports">) as
necessary.</para>
<para>Use the image of disc one if you want a reasonable selection
of third party packages on the disc as well.</para>
<para>The additional disc images are useful, but not essential,
especially if you have high-speed access to the Internet.</para>
</step>
<step>
<title>Write the CDs</title>
<para>You must then write the CD images to disc. If you will be
doing this on another FreeBSD system then see
<xref linkend="creating-cds"> for more information (in
particular, <xref linkend="burncd"> and
<xref linkend="cdrecord">).</para>
<para>If you will be doing this on another platform then you will
need to use whatever utilities exist to control your CD writer on
that platform.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="install-ftp">
<title>Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disk</title>