1 You can install from the following types of media:
3 CDROM requires one of the following supported CDROM drives:
4 ATAPI - Any standard ATAPI CDROM drive hooked to
5 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide).
6 SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to
7 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide).
10 DOS A DOS primary partition with the required FreeBSD
11 distribution files copied onto it (e.g. C:\FREEBSD\)
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.
19 Floppy Get distribution files from one or more DOS or UFS
20 formatted floppies. Such floppies are assumed to
21 contain the appropriate distribution pieces - see
22 ABOUT.TXT for more information about making floppy
26 FTP Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server
27 (you will be presented with a list). Please note that
28 you may invoke FTP in "Active" mode, "Passive" mode, or
31 Active mode is the standard way of fetching files and
32 Passive mode is for use when you're behind a firewall or
33 some other security mechanism that blocks active FTP
34 connections. Using an HTTP proxy is sometimes necessary
35 for firewalls which block all FTP connections.
37 If you chose to enter your own URL in the FTP menu, please
38 note that all paths are *relative* to the home directory
39 of the user being logged in as. By default, this is the
40 user "ftp" (anonymous ftp) but you may change this in the
44 NFS Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere
45 (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!).
46 If this install method hangs on you or refuses to work
47 properly, you may need to set some special options for
48 your NFS server. See the Options screen for more details.
51 Tape Extract distribution files from tape into a temporary
52 directory and install from there. If the tape was created
53 with blocksize other than 20, you may wish to change this
54 in the Options screen.