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description: 'FreeBSD is a free and open source operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution from the late 1970''s. Today FreeBSD is used all over the world.'
keywords: ["freebsd", "bsd"]
license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
modified: 2019-01-02
modified: 2019-01-07
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name: Linode
published: 2016-03-14
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curl $latest | dd of=/dev/sda

As of this guide's writing, the latest release is version 10.2. The following command will download the 10.2 release image to your Linode:
As of this guide's writing, the latest release is version 12.0. The following command will download the 12.0 release image to your Linode:

curl ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.2/FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img | dd of=/dev/sda
curl ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img | dd of=/dev/sda

6. When the command finishes, reboot into your **Installer profile**.

7. Go to the **Remote Access** tab in the Linode Manager. Access your Linode using [Glish](/docs/platform/manager/using-the-linode-graphical-shell-glish/) to start the installation.
7. Go to the **Remote Access** tab in the Linode Manager. Access your Linode using [Glish](/docs/platform/manager/using-the-linode-graphical-shell-glish/) to start the installation. Note that Glish **must** be used to complete the installation of FreeBSD.

## Installing FreeBSD

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