Installing FreeBSd 8.1?

Hello everybody,

I'm really new to Unix(and new here) ,and I'm looking forward to install FreeBSD 8.1 in Virtual Box on the Host - Windows 7.Otherwise in a eternal HDD.My problem is that I tried to find out step by step instruction but failed to find any such set of instructions. I'm in fact a novice when it comes to things like installing OS's ...etc I'm also not familiar with facilities like fdisk..etc So any suggestions? Where I could find a detail instruction on installing FreeBSD ?

Also , if some could provide me few links where I could learn about such things like making boot CD/DVD, formatting you PC/Laptop, installing OS's it would really be helpful.But primarily I'm interested in installing FreeBSD.

Thank-you.

If you have a CD at hand with the FreeBSD 8.x iso installed on it, and start up the computer with the CD inserted, then the boot loader program will at some point show screens like shown on this page:
Introducing Sysinstall
The section that will be of primary concern to you is:
Allocating Disk Space

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