From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 19:11:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E850916A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:11:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from dust.freshx.de (freshx.de [80.190.100.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D7B43FEC for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:11:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kai@freshx.de) Received: from localhost (localhost.freshx.de [127.0.0.1]) by dust.freshx.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D06015E200; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:11:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.freshx.de [127.0.0.1]) by dust.freshx.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC7215E1FA; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:11:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ( [127.0.0.1]) as user dust0005@localhost by localhost with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:11:22 +0100 Message-ID: <1067483482.3fa0815a611b9@localhost> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:11:22 +0100 From: Kai Mosebach To: Kris Kennaway References: <1067424172.3f9f99acd40f5@localhost> <20031029212811.GA12520@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031029212811.GA12520@rot13.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12 cc: Kai Mosebach cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD X.x-RELEASE as DVD ISO X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:11:26 -0000 Hi Kris, > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 11:42:52AM +0100, Kai Mosebach wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > in times of more people having a DVD burner, wouldnt it make sense to > provide > > the latest versions of FreeBSD also as an ISO-Image ? > > FreeBSD is provided as an ISO image, but I assume you meant a > DVD-sized image. right > I don't know that there's sufficient demand for this > to warrant the extra work and load on mirrors. For example, note that > we only provide the disc1 iso image on cdrom, so it's not like the > other data you might consolidate on dvd is already provided as cdrom > images. the advantage of that would be, that i already have nearly all i want ever need on my DVD and do not depend on the net. If you compare to current linux-distros (SuSE, RH), they offer everyting on one DVD (or 6 CDs), which is pretty handy i think. > However, this is something that an interested third party could easily > do themselves. Maybe a script, creating a temporary image would be enough, im not sure though. The only thing i do not understand for now is, how to make the compilation bootable afterward. regards Kai