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FreeBSD Handbook The FreeBSD Documentation Project Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 The FreeBSD Documentation Project Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE and FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. This manual is a work in progress and is the work of many individuals. As such, some sections may become dated and require updating. If you are interested in helping out with this project, send email to the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list. The latest version of this document is always available from the FreeBSD web site (previous versions of this handbook can be obtained from http://docs.FreeBSD.org/doc/). It may also be downloaded in a variety of formats and compression options from the FreeBSD FTP server or one of the numerous mirror sites. If you would prefer to have a hard copy of the handbook, you can purchase one at the FreeBSD Mall. 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Where those designations appear in this document, and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed by the "(TM)" or the "(R)" symbol. -------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Preface I. Getting Started 1 Introduction 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Welcome to FreeBSD! 1.3 About the FreeBSD Project 2 Installing FreeBSD 2.1 Synopsis 2.2 Hardware Requirements 2.3 Pre-installation Tasks 2.4 Starting the Installation