Noob looking for some help installing

Hi, I am new to FreeBSD and need a couple of pointers for a dual boot install. Mainly which Nvidia driver I need. I had posted earlier today but seem to have lost my post.....anyway in VirtualBox I have managed to install as far as a working XFCE desktop and now want to go to a hardware install.
Here is some info on my system - I want to install the smaller 120GB ssd listed

System: Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0
Distro: MX-19.3_x64 patito feo February 15 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-78LMT-USB3 v: x.x serial: <filter> BIOS: Award
v: FA date: 04/23/2013
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD FX-4350 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer
family: 15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: N/A microcode: 6000852 L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 33749
Speed: 1570 MHz min/max: 1400/4200 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1429

Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1200
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVCE v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes

Drives: Local Storage: total: 577.55 GiB used: 42.65 GiB (7.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 00WD
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDHII120G size: 111.79 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: 00RL
scheme: MBR
 
update - I installed the base system successfully but grub in my Linux install does not recognise it. When I updated grub it saw the install byt said "failed" and does not list it at boot-up time. Now I have to wait until next Saturday to make any progress :(
 
Don't download it from there though
Why not? I remember using the directly downloaded FreeBSD drivers from nvidia.com to get my Thinkpad T410's weird hybrid GPU to work.
 
Why not? I remember using the directly downloaded FreeBSD drivers from nvidia.com to get my Thinkpad T410's weird hybrid GPU to work.
Because it gets installed outside of the package registration, so it's not tracked (can't tell which version, if it needs updating, etc). It also replaces a few Xorg libraries, you don't want to mess with that. Just use the port or package.
 
Because it gets installed outside of the package registration, so it's not tracked (can't tell which version, if it needs updating, etc). It also replaces a few Xorg libraries, you don't want to mess with that. Just use the port or package.
Ah. Makes sense.
Seems that I am just lucky that I didn't run into any problems yet 😎
 
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