| | 1 | [[!meta title="Obtaining DragonFly for your system"]] |
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| | 3 | [[!toc levels=3]] |
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| | 5 | ## Images |
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| | 7 | DragonFly BSD images are 'live', meaning these images on whatever media will boot your system and let you log in as `root` (no password). You can use this feature to check for hardware compatibility and play with DragonFly a little before actually installing it on your hard drive. The CD includes an installer that can be run at the console. To activate the installer, boot and login as `installer`. |
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| | 9 | If you use a GUI DVD, you can login as `root` and start a GUI with *startx*. Note that there is no GUI release for the current release. You will need to install Xorg directly. If you use a USB .img file, it needs to be copied to a USB key directly. Use *dd* on unix-like systems, or [a similar program](http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) on Windows. You could also try [Image Writer for Windows](http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/). |
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| | 11 | ### Download live image 64-bit |
| | 12 | DragonFly BSD is 64-bit **only**. |
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| | 14 | **USB:** dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.img as [bzip2 file](https://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.img.bz2) |
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| | 16 | **ISO:** dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.iso as [bzip2 file](https://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.iso.bz2) |
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| | 18 | **Uncompressed ISO:** [dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.iso](https://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/dfly-x86_64-6.4.0_REL.iso) (For use with VPS providers as an install image.) |
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| | 20 | Daily **SNAPSHOT**: [here](https://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/snapshots/) |
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| | 22 | **MD5 checksums** for [[all release|releases]] images: [here](http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/md5.txt) |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | Here is a list of [[**worldwide mirrors**|/mirrors]] offering DragonFly ISO images. *Please use an appropriate mirror for best results!* |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | ## Release Notes |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | For more details, read the 6.4 [[release notes|release64]], for upgrade steps and file checksums. |
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| | 30 | ## Obtaining source via git |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | To clone the sources using git: |
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| | 34 | # cd /usr |
| | 35 | # make src-create |
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| | 37 | This will fetch all sources for you from a fast mirror. If the <i>git-clone</i> command is not available update your Makefile to a recent version. If you do not have git installed, install it from dports (`devel/git`). See [development(7)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=development§ion=ANY") for further instructions how to work with the repository. |
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| | 39 | If you wish to check out the source repository manually, you can use |
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| | 41 | # git clone git://git.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git dragonfly |
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| | 43 | All release CDs and images also have pkg installed for immediate download of packaged third-party software. |
| | 44 | |
| | 45 | ## Browsing source via web interface |
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| | 47 | The DragonFly source can be browsed via the [gitweb](http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git) web interface. |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | ## DragonFly Releases |
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| | 51 | Releases occur approximately twice a year. DragonFly release branches **only contain bug and security fixes** and are designed for people running production systems who don't want any surprises. Brand-new features often discussed on the mailing lists are typically not in release branches. |
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| | 53 | DragonFly systems based on releases are labeled RELEASE, for example, you might be running **DragonFly X.Y.Z-RELEASE**. If you run a daily snapshot or track *git master*, you'll see **X.Y.Z-DEVELOPMENT** as your system version. |
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| | 55 | ## Commercial Sites |
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| | 57 | A number of commercial sites selling DragonFly related material is [[here|commercial]]. |
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