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