Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml @@ -72,10 +72,53 @@ installation - Beginning with &os; 9.0-RELEASE, &os; provides an easy - to use, text-based installation - program named bsdinstall. This - chapter describes how to install &os; using + There are several different ways of getting &os; to run, + depending on the environment. Those are: + + + + Virtual Machine images, to download and + import on a virtual environment of choice. + These can be downloaded from the + Download FreeBSD + page. There are images for KVM (qcow2), + VMWare (vmdk), Hyper-V (vhd), + and raw device images that are universally supported. + These are not installation images, but rather the + preconfigured (already installed) instances, + ready to run and perform post-installation tasks. + + + + Virtual Machine images available at Amazon's + AWS Marketplace + and Microsoft Azure Marketplace, + to run on their respective hosting services. + For more information on deploying &os; + on Azure please consult the relevant chapter in the + Azure Documentation. + + + + SD card images, for embedded systems such + as Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone Black. These can be + downloaded from the + Download FreeBSD + page. These files must be uncompressed and written + as a raw image to an SD card, from which the board will + then boot. + + + + Installation images, to install &os; on + a hard drive for the usual desktop, laptop, or server + systems. + + + + The rest of this chapter describes the fourth case, + explaining how to install &os; using the text-based + installation program named bsdinstall. In general, the installation instructions in this chapter