Pre-installation Tasks
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Back Up Your Data
Back up all important data on the target computer before installing GhostBSD. The GhostBSD installer will not ask before making changes to the disk, but once the process has started, it cannot be undone.
Check for FreeBSD Errata
GhostBSD is based on FreeBSD. Although the FreeBSD Project strives to ensure that each release of FreeBSD is as stable as possible, bugs occasionally creep into the process. On very rare occasions those bugs affect the installation process. As these problems are discovered and fixed, they are noted in 11.1-RELEASE Errata page on the FreeBSD web site. Check the errata before installing to make sure that there are no problems that might affect the installation.
Prepare the Installation Media
The GhostBSD installation media is available as a .iso file. Copies of GhostBSD installation media are available for free at the GhostBSD download page.
Creating a bootable USB Flash Drive
Introduction
After downloading the appropriate .iso file, copy it to a USB flash drive using one of the methods described below.
On Linux
Depending on the image filename, issue one of the following commands:
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sudo dd if=GhostBSD11.1-mate-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=1M conv=sync
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sudo dd if=GhostBSD11.1-xfce-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=1M conv=sync
On BSD
Depending on the image filename, issue one of the following commands:
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dd if=/path/to/GhostBSD11.1-mate-amd64.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync
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dd if=/path/to/GhostBSD11.1-xfce-amd64.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=1m conv=sync
On Windows
- Download the desired .iso file
- Download Disk Imager from http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
- Insert your USB flash drive
- Note the drive letter assigned to your flash media
- Start Disk Imager
- Select the downloaded file and target device, and click "Write"
- Remove your USB flash drive when the operation is complete
Conclusion
The steps described above will create a bootable GhostBSD system on a USB flash drive. To start a live session, connect the USB thumb drive into the computer and reboot the computer. More information can be found here.
