GoKawiildvd1
This contains everything necessary to install the base FreeBSD operating system, the documentation, debugging distribution sets, and a small set of pre-built packages aimed at getting a graphical workstation up and running. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. Additionally, this can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) for the amd64 architecture and used to do an install on machines capable of booting off USB drives. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. As one example of how to use the dvd1 image, assuming the USB drive appears as /dev/da0 on your machine something like this should work: # dd if=FreeBSD-14.5-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct.
disc1
This contains the base FreeBSD operating system. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. There are no pre-built packages. Additionally, this can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) for the amd64 architecture and used to do an install on machines capable of booting off USB drives. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. There are no pre-built packages. As one example of how to use the disc1 image, assuming the USB drive appears as /dev/da0 on your machine something like this should work: # dd if=FreeBSD-14.5-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct.
bootonly
This supports booting a machine using the CDROM drive but does not contain the installation distribution sets for installing FreeBSD from the CD itself. You would need to perform a network based install (e.g., from an HTTP or FTP server) after booting from the CD. Additionally, this can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) for the amd64 architecture and used to do an install on machines capable of booting off USB drives. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. There are no pre-built packages. As one example of how to use the bootonly image, assuming the USB drive appears as /dev/da0 on your machine something like this should work: # dd if=FreeBSD-14.5-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct.
memstick
This can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) and used to do an install on machines capable of booting off USB drives. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. There are no pre-built packages. As one example of how to use the memstick image, assuming the USB drive appears as /dev/da0 on your machine something like this should work: # dd if=FreeBSD-14.5-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct.
mini-memstick
This can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) and used to boot a machine, but does not contain the installation distribution sets on the medium itself, similar to the bootonly image. It also supports booting into a "livefs" based rescue mode. There are no pre-built packages. As one example of how to use the mini-memstick image, assuming the USB drive appears as /dev/da0 on your machine something like this should work: # dd if=FreeBSD-14.5-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img \ of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync Be careful to make sure you get the target (of=) correct.
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