Install freebsd7.x in Windows

Full steps for installing FreeBSD 7 on Windows hard drive Author: 4 sweet dates: 2008-08-25

Install freebsd7.0 on a Windows Hard Disk
1. Use the partition tool to strip a partition from the hard disk to install fb7. It must be the primary partition. I tried to use logical partitions, but I couldn't find the logical partition when installing freebsd7.
2. First download the freebsd7.0 installation file. There are 4 files in total. Pay attention to the file name. Do not download the file incorrectly.
7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso
7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso
7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc3.iso

3. Windows is usually installed in the C directory to determine the file format of the C disk. Assume that the file format of drive C is FAT32 (drive C is installed in the note ).

4. decompress the three disc1, 2, and 3. ISO files to the C root directory. Extract data with RAR in the order of disc3 → disc2 → disc1. When extracting data, check whether to overwrite the data and select "select all ". The bootonly. ISO file is directly stored in the root directory of the C drive without decompression.

5. After decompression, there is an index file in the packages folder, which can be opened in notepad.
① Search | 1 (two vertical bars, one digit 1), replace all with | (vertical bars) ② search | 2 (two vertical bars, one digit 2 ), replace all with | (vertical line)
Save and exit.

6. Download unetbootin for http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net. Download the for Windows version. When Downloading this file, pay attention to the prompt that the pop-up window is blocked at the top of the browser. Click "download file ". After the download, double-click the downloaded file.
In the disk image column, open the 7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso on drive C. Select "Hard Disk" in the "type" column, and the drive can only be C :. Click "OK ". If the system prompts whether to overwrite the data, select "Yes to all ". After installation, restart the machine.

7. During the restart process, the prompt "select the OS to start:" appears with a unetbootin option. Select → enter. When the "Press ESC..." prompt is displayed, Press ESC. Go to the unetbootin editing guide interface and pay attention to the following prompt in English. Press the C key (for a command-line) on the keyboard to enter an editing guide.ProgramInterface. There are 5 commands in total.
Grub> Find -- Set-root/7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
Grub> map -- MEM/7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (hd32)
Grub> map -- hook
Grub> chainloader (hd32)
Grub> boot
(Press enter every time you enter a command. Pay attention to the spaces in the Enter key. Do not connect them together)

8. Enter 5th commands and click Enter to start freebsd7.0 to install the boot program. Start installation.

Note:
1. different from the CD installation, the "choose installation media" step requires selecting 5th items, DOS. It is "Install from a DOS partition ".
2. If the file format of drive C is NTFS, unetbootin may be difficult to boot. Disc1, 2, and 3 must be placed on another disk, and the file format must be FAT32. If it is NTFS, it must be converted. It is impossible to format the C drive because the C drive is installed in windows. For example, to convert the D Drive to the FAT32 format, decompress disc1, 2, and 3 to the root directory of the D Drive. The other steps are the same.
Add an address directory when entering the pilot command on the grub interface.
grub> Find -- Set-root (hd0, 1) /7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
grub> map -- Mem (hd0, 1)/7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (hd32)
I format the D disk into the FAT32 format and use the primary partition. Therefore, (hd0, 1 ), if it is not a primary partition, it should be different.