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\) UFS 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"/"Passive" auto-mode, or via an HTTP proxy. By default, ftp(1) will automatically use the best mode for the server. 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. HTTP Direct Get the distribution files directly from an HTTP server. If you chose to enter your own URL in the HTTP Direct menu, please note that all paths are *relative* to the root directory of the web server. 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.