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From: siddhartha deka <catchsid24x7@gmail.com>
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Subject: installation problem
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>Number:         165744
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       installation problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 05 20:10:14 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:    Wed Mar 07 06:48:10 UTC 2012
>Last-Modified:  Wed Mar 07 06:48:10 UTC 2012
>Originator:     siddhartha deka
>Release:        freebsd 9.0 i386
>Organization:
student
>Environment:
using windows 7,1GB RAM,pentium(R)dualcore CPU and 320GB HD.
>Description:
I have recently downloaded the freebsd version 9.0 i386 dvd1 iso file, but now i can't install it on my PC,  i just dont  know how to make it bootable on disc as well as on USb drive. I want install it using windows cmd prompt. I want both the OS to be installed on my computer.Could you help me to guide the installation process of freebsd 9.0 i386 on my machine.This is my first time using an unix based system,that is BSD OS. Currently i am using windows 7 and iwant to install bsd in another drive. whether it's by making a bootable disk or usb drive.Or if possible, then by any other installation process. Hope you will help me.
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: remko 
State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 7 06:44:24 UTC 2012 
State-Changed-Why:  
Dear Siddhartha, 

First of all thank you for the willingness to try FreeBSD. Sadly I have 
to inform you that you selected the wrong way of getting help, the system 
you are currently using is for Problems only, and you require additional 
help. You can find this help however on the questions@freebsd.org mailinglist 
and/or on http://forums.freebsd.org. 

I am sure more people installed FreeBSD next to a Windows partition, though 
be reminded that you cannot start the installation itself if you are booted 
within Windows. Either you have to boot it from DVD or get it going with 
a Virtualization product like VMware. 

If you for example download the DVD ISO (as you seem to have done) you should 
burn that to a DVD with a burner application (Nero and the like) which should 
make it possible to boot from the DVD. You might need to tell your BIOS/system 
that it should use the DVD first instead of harddisk or anything. Since this 
varies between systems it's hart to tell what the correct procedure is. 

I hope you will join us on the questions mailinglist and/or forums and that you 
will find everything you need within FreeBSD, welcome to the community! 


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165744 
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