installing

I manually install FreeBSD. I try to create some partition on hdd with mbr and with one pre-existing ntfs partition, but recieve the error : invalid argument.

I was trying to install a GUI (KDE) but in the end it said DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the x server kde. I did run some commands but none of them help with the issue so I gave up on KDE and tried to install XFCE, I did pkg install xorg slim xfce, and enabled the slim...

I tried to install FreeBSD on a PC, which had Windows 10 on it. at first i installed FreeBSD using UFS file system and everything was Ok and it installed, then for some reasons i needed the ZFS file system, but after installing, it said: No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key...

I am unable to install/run FreeBSD 11.1 (or FreeNAS 11.0) on my brand-new HPE MicroServer Gen10 containing an AMD Opteron X3421 with 16GB RAM (see specs). When installing either FreeBSD or FreeNAS the installer hangs just after it prints: pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 And with verbose boot...

Recently I decided to install the FreeBSD OS on my laptop alongside the Windows 7. Now I've got a problem. When I try to boot from DVD, it starts to boot, but after a few seconds my laptop goes on a black screen and it seems that the external DVD ROM is silent. I have waited for several minutes...

Hello all, I'm running into a bit of a snag when trying to install FreeBSD 10.2 on my Dell Chromebook 13 (Intel Core i3) using the amd64 memory stick image on an SD card. I'm able to get to the BSD boot options menu screen, then when it comes time to actually boot the system hangs at the...

I'm having problems installing FreeBSD from the file image from the webpage http://www.freebsd.org/where.html I've formatted the SD card with both SDFormatter and Fat32formatter.exe. I'm getting as far as to the rainbowscreen but FreeBSD isn't booting.

Hello, I'm trying to run installer, but when I run it i see this message: ./TFO-4.0.1480.201-linux-en-retail-9TF-trial30.sh Unpacking JRE ... Preparing JRE ... ELF binary type "0" not known. ./TFO-4.0.1480.201-linux-en-retail-9TF-trial30.sh: bin/unpack200: Exec format error Error unpacking jar...

I've burned the i386 ISO of 10.2 to a USB stick, and I'm attempting to install it on a Dell Vostro 200. When I plug the USB stick into the computer and attempt to boot, the computer simply freezes on the pre-boot screen where it shows the Dell logo and prompts F2 for setup and F12 for Boot Menu...

I have trouble installing openldap24-server. I am getting following error: root@rule183:/usr/home/student # cd /usr/ports/net/openldap24-server root@rule183:/usr/ports/net/openldap24-server # make install clean ===> openldap-server-2.4.40_4 pkg(8) must be version 1.3.8 or greater, but you...

Hi everybody, I'm a newcomer at world of FreeBSD, for years I used Debian and Gentoo GNU/Linux, and now my new computer have a FreeBSD desktop with XFCE, and I'm very glad with this OS. My question is for /etc/rc.conf and the option hald_enable="YES", in my readings over installing and...