From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 05:04:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894C3106564A for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DECB8FC1B for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JderG-0004kN-7j for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:30 +0000 Received: from 195.208.174.178 ([195.208.174.178]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:30 +0000 Received: from vadim_nuclight by 195.208.174.178 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:30 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Vadim Goncharov Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:20 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Nuclear Lightning @ Tomsk, TPU AVTF Hostel Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <200803181144.m2IBiWRb012404@lurza.secnetix.de> <47DFB3BA.9070008@ultra-secure.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.208.174.178 X-Comment-To: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: RELEASE discs & ISO images (for future) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:04:39 -0000 Hi Rainer Duffner! On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:21:14 +0100; Rainer Duffner wrote about 'Re: RELEASE discs & ISO images (for future)': >> >>>> Therefore, my opinion is that we should publish a DVD image in the >> >>>> future that contains everything we have today on disc{1,2,3} docs >> >>>> and livefs CD. The size of such an DVD would be 1.95 GB for >> >>>> 7.0-RELEASE/i386. >> >>>> >> >>>> For those who don't want or need packages and docs, a smaller CD >> >>>> image with just the install bits (and maybe the fixit FS) could be >> >>>> provided, and of course the small "bootonly" image, but nothing >> >>>> else. Providing five or more CD images is rather last century like, >> >>>> in my opinion. >> >>> >> >>> Yes, but DVD is still in the future. >> >> Why ? I've used Dru's nice blog at >> >> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/archives/creating-your-own-freebsd-70-dvd-22791 >> >> (slightly adapted, using mdconfig -d -u /dev/md0) to create my own >> >> bootable dvd (of disc[1-3].iso and docs.iso) in only a few minutes time. >> > >> > Yours own, but not official. >> >> What is the practical difference? It's quite easy do >> create such a DVD, even for FreeBSD novice users. >> >> I've also mentioned several times (and you have ignored >> it several times) that you can buy an official DVD. > Yeah, but he wants an official, rubber-stamp kind-of, Daemon-branded, ISO. > ;-) > Must order one of these DVDs myself, though. Exactly. The looking rock-solid thing from vendor users can trust of. Personall me don't need and CDs/DVDs - cvsup is enough :) -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]