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FreeBSD installation through USB


Simple steps to install FreeBSD :



1) Get your image file from "FreeBSD".

2) Now download and extract "Launchpad" for windows.

3) Double-click the Win32Disk Imager icon and start the program.

4) Verify if the drive shown under device is same to the drive with memory stick.

5) Now browse for the image of FreeBSD downloaded previously and click save to accept the image file.

6) Then click on write to start writing the image to the drive.

7) Finally reboot your system. During reboot set device priority through boot option and press F10(Exit saving changes).


  

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  1. It would be easier and faster to just download the *MEMSTICK.IMG USB pendrive image from here ...

    http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/

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