From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 6 07:47:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7F61065679; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:47:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6268FC15; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl135-103.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.254.103]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-4) with ESMTP id m667lQw3020831 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:47:32 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m667lQY4060324; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:47:26 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m667lP9D060229; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:47:25 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Aggelidis Nikos" References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> <486DB3CB.9000906@infoweapons.com> <30fc78250807032338p2388be7ax56e1ae38aaafadd8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:47:25 +0300 In-Reply-To: <30fc78250807032338p2388be7ax56e1ae38aaafadd8@mail.gmail.com> (Aggelidis Nikos's message of "Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:38:37 +0300") Message-ID: <873amnlaia.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: m667lQw3020831 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.759, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.64, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:47:45 -0000 On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:38:37 +0300, "Aggelidis Nikos" wrote: >> I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two >> things: 1. CD's that installed without being switched in and out >> dozens of times. That was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD. I >> didn't even know the DVD install existed, but will do that next time. > > I also had the same problem {cd switching} to get around it, i created > an installation DVD with all the contents of cd1-2-3. You can find > such guide Hi Nikos :) The DVD-ROM doesn't even have to be bootable. Just collecting all the `packages/All/*' files from the CD-ROMs in a single directory makes it much easier to run: # cd /nfs/blah ; pkg_add vim*