3. Installation

3.1. How do I install FreeBSD?

3.2. Help! I have no space! Do I need to delete everything first?

3.3. Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD?

3.4. Can I mount my DOS extended partitions?

3.5. Can I run DOS binaries under FreeBSD?

3.6. Help! I can't install from tape! The install fails with a ``record too big'' error!

3.7. I want to install FreeBSD onto a SCSI disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. How do I do it?

3.8. When I boot FreeBSD it says ``Missing Operating System''.

3.9. When I install the boot manager and try to boot FreeBSD for the first time, it just comes back with the boot manager prompt again.

3.10. I'm having lots of trouble trying to disklabel a new SCSI drive.

3.11. I have an IDE drive with lots of bad blocks on it and FreeBSD doesn't seem to install properly.

3.12. I have 32MB of memory, should I expect any special problems?

3.13. My network card keeps getting errors like, ``ed1: timeout''. What's going on?

3.14. Do I need to install the complete sources?

3.15. DES encryption software can not be exported from the United States. If I live outside the US, how can I encrypt passwords?