Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:00:07 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switching discs during install Message-ID: <200809071400.07646.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080907070603.57644dc0.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> References: <4b2381fb0809060359u53f85d06u4696d527063c5e4d@mail.gmail.com> <200809071022.37765.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20080907070603.57644dc0.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com>
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On Sunday 07 September 2008, Randy Pratt wrote: > There is another discussion: > > =A0 http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1220762797.29265.43.camel > > which would address the disk swapping by removing all the packages > from disc1 and providing a DVD of packages that could be used > after installation. That looks interesting. It would certainly appeal to me, though I don't=20 expect I'm a "typical" user. My broadband account operates on a PAYG=20 basis, if I go over my monthly usage allowance then I pay per GB for=20 the extra daytime data but all downloads between midnight and 8:00am=20 are still free. With this setup I certainly don't want to be=20 downloading all the packages from a FTP server "on demand" when I'm=20 doing an install. My approach is to fetch the ISOs overnight so that I=20 can install the packages I need to get myself up and running.=20 Afterwards I use portupgrade to bring things up to date, either as a=20 daytime task if there's not too many ports to upgrade or after an=20 overnight run of portupgrade -aFR if there's a lot to do. =2D-=20 Mike Clarke
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