3 Installing PC-BSD®
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PC-BSD® 9.1 Users Handbook Page 2 of 308 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Goals and Features ........................................................................................................................ 11 1.2 What's New in 9.1 ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 PC-BSD® Releases ....................................................................................................................... 13 1.4 PC-BSD® for Linux Users ............................................................................................................ 14 1.4.1 Filesystems ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.4.2 Device Names ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.4.3 Feature Names ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.4.4 Commands ............................................................................................................................ 16 1.4.5 Additional Resources ............................................................................................................ 17 2 Pre-Installation Tasks ............................................................................................................................ 17 2.1 Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................................ 18 2.1.1 Minimum System Requirements .......................................................................................... 18 2.1.2 Recommended System Requirements .................................................................................. 18 2.1.3 Supported Processors ............................................................................................................ 18 2.1.4 Supported Video Cards ......................................................................................................... 19 2.1.5 Wireless Cards ...................................................................................................................... 19 2.1.6 Checking Hardware Compatibility ....................................................................................... 19 2.2 Laptops .......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.2.1 ThinkPads with Known Bugs ............................................................................................... 20 2.2.2 Acer Laptops with Known Bug ............................................................................................ 21 2.2.3 MacBooks ............................................................................................................................. 22 2.2.4 Touch Screens ....................................................................................................................... 22 2.3 Partitioning the Hard Drive ........................................................................................................... 23 2.3.1 Shrinking a Drive in Windows 7 .......................................................................................... 23 2.3.2 Using Parted Magic to Create a Primary Partition ............................................................... 25 2.4 Obtaining PC-BSD® ..................................................................................................................... 26 2.4.1 Selecting Which File to Download ....................................................................................... 26 2.4.2 Data Integrity Check ............................................................................................................. 27 2.5 Burning the Installation Media ...................................................................................................... 28 2.5.1 Burning the CD/DVD ISO File on Windows ....................................................................... 28 2.5.1.1 Windows 7 Disc Image Burner ..................................................................................... 28 2.5.1.2 InfraRecorder ................................................................................................................ 30 2.5.2 Burning the CD/DVD ISO File on a BSD or Linux System ................................................ 31 2.5.2.1 K3B ............................................................................................................................... 31 2.5.2.2 Brasero .......................................................................................................................... 33 2.5.2.3 growisofs ....................................................................................................................... 34 2.5.3 Burning the CD/DVD ISO File on a Mac OSX System ....................................................... 35 2.5.4 Writing an IMG File to USB ................................................................................................ 35 2.5.4.1 Writing the IMG File on a Linux or BSD System ........................................................ 36 2.5.4.2 Writing the IMG File on a Windows System ................................................................ 36 2.5.4.3 Writing the IMG File on a Mac OSX System ............................................................... 37 2.6 PC-BSD® Live Mode ................................................................................................................... 39 2.7 Using VirtualBox ........................................................................................................................... 39 2.7.1 Creating a Virtual Machine ................................................................................................... 40 2.7.1.1 Configuring the Network Adapter ................................................................................ 45 2.7.1.2 Configuring the Storage Device .................................................................................... 46 2.7.2 Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions .................................................................................. 47 2.7.3 Using the Downloadable VirtualBox or VMWare Disk ....................................................... 47 2.7.4 Troubleshooting VirtualBox ................................................................................................. 48 3 Installing PC-BSD® .............................................................................................................................. 48 3.1 Starting the PC-BSD® Installation ............................................................................................... 49 3.2 Language Selection Screen ........................................................................................................... 50 3.3 System Selection Screen ............................................................................................................... 51 3.4 Disk Selection Screen .................................................................................................................... 53 3.4.1 Basic Mode ........................................................................................................................... 54 3.4.2 Advanced Mode .................................................................................................................... 56 3.4.2.1 UFS Layout ................................................................................................................... 57 3.4.2.2 ZFS Overview ............................................................................................................... 59 3.4.2.3 ZFS Layout ................................................................................................................... 60 3.4.3 FreeBSD Expert Mode ......................................................................................................... 62 3.5 Installation Progress Screen .......................................................................................................... 62 3.6 Installation Finished Screen .......................................................................................................... 63 4 Post Installation Configuration and Installation Troubleshooting ....................................................... 64 4.1 Booting Into PC-BSD® ................................................................................................................. 65 4.1.1 If You Encrypted a Filesystem .............................................................................................. 66 4.1.2 If Your Display is Not Automatically Detected .................................................................... 67 4.1.3 Fast Boot ............................................................................................................................... 68 4.1.4 Creating a Custom Boot Theme ........................................................................................... 69 4.2 Language Screen ..........................................................................................................................