Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:23:03 -0400 From: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .iso Message-ID: <d30nno$8f2$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <42528039.1010708@tiscali.co.uk> References: <42528039.1010708@tiscali.co.uk>
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bertybadboy wrote: > Which .iso files do i download and burn onto a cd? I was all set with a big explanation of what the ISOs were, and to complain that there wasn't a nice, easy to find, concise description in the handbook, when I actually looked for it and found it with no problem. The place to start, of course, when installing FreeBSD is Chapter Two in the handbook, entitled, appropriately enough, "Installing FreeBSD": http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html As part of section 2.2, "Pre-installation Tasks", there is section 2.2.6 "Obtain the FreeBSD Installation Files". And it points you to section 2.13 "Preparing Your Own Installation Media": http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html And that has an excellent and concise description of the ISO files. The gist of that is you should download the -miniinst version (not the -mini version as described in the handbook) if you have a fast internet connection and want to install the packages online, or the -disc1 version if you want to have a CD with it prepackage. The biggest advantage to using the miniinst version is that you are sure to get the latest version of the package, while the -disc1 version is what was available when the ISO was created. Hope this helps. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/
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