[rpndt1]

Sometimes, and it's probably just me, I wish that people would make downloading a lot easier. I want to download FreeBSD 5.3 for my computer, which has a amd64 processor. When i click on the "amd64" link, I'm presented with the following options (see picture below).

Do I need to download all of these files, just the iso files, or what?
I want to install it on my hard drive, but would like to test it first using a liveCD type of thing. Is that the what the "bootonly.iso" is? What the in the world is the cvs thing?

I can't really find any documentation or explanation on these names, and was wondering if anyone who has done this before might give me some insight as to waht to download.

[lynch]

All you need are:
5.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
5.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso
checksum.md5
You dont need:
The bootonly.iso ( it's for a network install, I think.)
CVS is for the concurrent versioning system. You dont need it, either.
The miniinst.iso is for a minimal installation. If you get disc1 and disc2 you dont need this either.
HTH
lynch

[Squashman]

http://www.freesbie.org/

[rpndt1]

okay, thanks!
what exactly does the checksum do and how do I use it?

Also, LWDSquashman, the live cd site you referred me to is for i386 architecture...will it be compatible with AMD64?

[rpndt1]

Nevermind...I did some research and figured out the checksum thing...it verifies the integrity of the downloaded file.